East Riding Coronavirus cases rising
Figures show 60 per cent of them are the new variant.
Coronavirus cases in the East Riding are on the rise, with figures showing levels not seen since March.
Data for the East Riding from the Covid Symptom Study, backed by Kings College London, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals and ZOE Global, put its current total at 733, up by 290 jin a week, as of Sunday, June 13.
The East Riding’s total is the highest seen since late March when estimated active cases peaked at around 900 at the start of that month.
Data for the East Riding for the seven days up to Tuesday, June 8, show 88 new cases were recorded, up by 22 or 33.3 per cent on the previous week, with a rolling rate of 25.8.
It comes as the recent increase in case numbers prompted East Riding Council’s public health director to call for the planned scrapping of remaining coronavirus restrictions to be pushed back.
Andy Kingdom said last week restrictions should remain in place for a few more weeks after their slated end on Monday, June 21 to “buy time” for the vaccine rollout.
It also comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a delay to the lifting of restrictions in a press briefing on Monday evening.
The moves follow growing concerns about the spread of the Delta variant of coronavirus.
Wellcome Sanger Institute figures showed the B.1.617.2 strain accounted for 60 per cent of the East Riding’s cases in the two weeks up to Saturday, June 5.
It was 50 per cent in the two weeks up to Saturday, May 29.
Step Four, the final in the government’s lockdown easing roadmap, was set to see remaining limits on social contact lifted and the last businesses and venues still shut allowed to reopen.
An Events Research Programme, pilot gatherings, put on to test the impact of re-introducing them, was also set to report on whether limits ones including weddings could be lifted.