Scarborough's Coronavirus rate stable
It remains below the national average, for the second week in a row.
Scarborough’s coronavirus rate remains below the national average, for the second week in a row, despite rising slightly.
The borough’s seven-day rate, per 100,000 people, is now 281 - up from 271 last week, but down from 288 two weeks ago.
There have been 306 new infections in the last seven days, at an average of 44 each day.
Last month, the borough was seeing 100 new cases every day.
It means that Scarborough’s rate remains below the average for England, which stands at 305 per 100,000.
Ryedale has the second highest rate in the county at 296, a jump from seven days ago - when it had North Yorkshire’s lowest rate of 193.
The number of patients in hospitals in Scarborough and York has dropped from 34 to 33, with the number of patients requiring intensive care dropping from six to three.`
Today, isolation rules change in England with means fully vaccinated people will no longer need to self-isolate if a someone they have contact with tests positive for Covid-19.
Instead, people will be advised to take a PCR test and will not have to self-isolate while they wait for the result.
Anyone with symptoms should continue to isolate until their test result is known.
Mobile testing facilities will be available in Whitby, Scarborough and Filey this week, for anyone with symptoms to get tested.
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 also still offering testing seven days a week, from 8am until 8pm.
Tests can be booked at www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test.