Coronavirus rate in Scarborough falls again

That's despite two cases of the South African variant being found in the borough.

Author: Local Democracy Reporter, Carl GavaghanPublished 4th Feb 2021

Scarborough’s coronavirus infection rate has fallen once more, a day after it was revealed that cases of the new South African variant of the virus had been found in the borough.

The borough’s seven-day infection rate, per 100,000 people, has fallen to 103 - from 108 yesterday.

The average rate for England is 256, while in North Yorkshire it is now 160.

Yesterday, it was confirmed that two cases of the more contagious South African variant had been confirmed in Scarborough.

The cases were linked to international travel and there was believed to have been no community transmission of the virus.

North Yorkshire’s director of Public Health, Louse Wallace, told a meeting of the North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum that:

”The people involved have done all the right things since turning home from abroad.

“They have self isolated in line with the guidance, as such there is not considered to be any community risk associated with them and, therefore, we will not be sharing any additional information about them.

“At this time we are not aware of any community cases of the South African variant of Covid-19 in North Yorkshire.”

Mobile testing facilities will be available in Whitby, Scarborough and Filey this week.

To see the locations and to book a test, visit www.northyorks.gov.uk/book-coronavirus-covid-19-test

William Street Coach Park in Scarborough is still offering testing, seven days a week, from 8am until 8pm.

Tests can be booked at https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test.

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