Weekly coronavirus rate decreases in Selby district - but it remains on watchlist

The district is still an 'area of concern', but the weekly rate of confirmed infections has gone down.

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Author: Edward BreslinPublished 26th Sep 2020

The latest figures show a decrease in the weekly rate of confirmed coronavirus infections in the Selby district.

A week ago, Public Health England put the district on it's 'watchlist', naming it as an 'area of concern'.

Their latest report confirms it still has this status.

However it also shows the number of confirmed Covid cases in the district has come down.

Last week it was 65.1 cases per 100,000 people, this week it's 48.3 cases per 100,000 people.

Elsewhere in North Yorkshire, the Scarborough district also remains on the watchlist as an 'area of concern', it's weekly rate has also come down from 42.3 cases per 100,000 people to 24.8 cases per 100,000 people.

Meanwhile, the Leeds City Council area, which borders the Selby district, has been upgraded to an 'area of intervention' with a series of new 'local lockdown' rules, following a rise in the rate of coronavirus cases.

Household mixing is now prohibited at every property which has it's bins emptied by Leeds City Council.