North Yorkshire hospital figures double but still low
47 people are now being treated across the county,
The number of Covid-19 patients in North Yorkshire’s hospitals has more than doubled in the last week but health chiefs say that the levels remain down on those seen earlier in the year.
Forty-seven people are now being treated across the county, up from 22 seven days ago, with six people in intensive care.
Fifteen patients are in York Hospital, two are in Harrogate and 30 are in South Tees as North Yorkshire’s coronavirus rate has risen to 259 per 100,000 people with 1,600 new cases in the last week.
Amanda Bloor, NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group’s accountable officer told a meeting of the North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum today that in January more than 400 coronavirus patients were in hospital in the region.
She said:
“The number of positive cases in North Yorkshire and York is rising.
“However, the number of patients in hospital with Covid-19 has remained relatively low at 47.
“If we compare previous months, the last time that the infection rates across North Yorkshire and York was at 300 per 100,000 population was in late January of this year and at the same point in time there were over 400 patients in hospital beds in North Yorkshire, so you can see the difference.
“This does give us confidence that the vaccination program is having the anticipated impact around reducing the risk of death and reducing serious illness, especially where those people have received both doses of the vaccine.”
Mrs Bloor encouraged anyone who has not yet received a dose of the coronavirus vaccine to come forward to get one.
She added that a pop-up vaccination centre would be open in Scarborough’s Brunswick Shopping Centre on Saturday between 9am and 3pm.
Anyone over the age of 18 can go along without appointment to get a jab.