Scarborough Coronavirus rate still rising

But the borough's seven-day infection rate remains the lowest in North Yorkshire.

Author: Local Democracy Reporter, Carl GavaghanPublished 21st Jun 2021

Coronavirus rates across all of North Yorkshire’s seven districts are continuing to rise.

More new cases are being recorded across the county every day, as the average rate for North Yorkshire has increased from 52, per 100,000 people, on Friday, to 71 today.

Scarborough’s remains the lowest in the county, despite rising to 22 from 20.

Selby has the highest rate in North Yorkshire at 136, ahead of Craven on 110.

Ryedale, where the rate had dropped to zero earlier this month is now at 54.

The rate for England as whole is 93.

Last week, North Yorkshire’s director of public health said that the Delta variant of Covid-19, which was first identified in India, is now the dominant strain of coronavirus in North Yorkshire and most cases are among under 30 year olds.

Louise Wallace told a North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum briefing that the variant was accelerating in most parts of the county and that the strain appeared to be spreading fastest amongst the younger population as she also urged people to take up vaccines which have now been opened up to over 21 year olds.

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.

First for all the latest news from across the UK every hour on Hits Radio on DAB, at hitsradio.co.uk and on the Rayo app.