Saturday update: New coronavirus cases in York fall by a third in a week
Another 51 coronavirus cases were confirmed in York today (Saturday, 24 July).
That takes the cumulative case total to 16,777 – giving an overall infection rate of 7,965.6 cases per 100,000 people.
That’s down from 187 new cases a week ago (Saturday, 17 July).
In the last seven days 734 people in York have tested positive for Covid-19 – down 294 (-28.6%) week on week.
The rolling seven-day rate in York is 460.5 new cases per 100,000 people (970 cases in the week to 20 July).
The English national average is 545.1, the Yorkshire and Humber average is 648.4.
There have been no coronavirus deaths in the City of York Council area reported today, and one in the last seven days (as at 24 July).
Here are the new cases by area of York for the seven days to 19 July:
New coronavirus cases in York by area, 7 Days to 19 July
Coronavirus (COVID-19) positive cases by Middle Super Output Area. Seven day rates are expressed per 100,000 population. On a phone scroll horizontally to see all the data. Source *Suppressed rates: MSOA level rates are suppressed where there have been fewer than 3 cases in a seven-day period. This is to protect the privacy of individuals and prevent disclosure.| Area | Cases | 7 day rolling rate | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tang Hall | 65 | 573.0 | 22 (51.2%) |
| Heworth South & The Groves | 57 | 498.1 | 6 (11.8%) |
| Acomb | 56 | 534.9 | -9 (-13.8%) |
| Woodthorpe & Acomb Park | 56 | 599.4 | 12 (27.3%) |
| Holgate West | 55 | 587.0 | 2 (3.8%) |
| Holgate East | 51 | 561.1 | 6 (13.3%) |
| York City Centre | 49 | 363.6 | -14 (-22.2%) |
| Westfield, Chapelfields & Foxwood | 46 | 498.4 | -9 (-16.4%) |
| Fulford Road & Clementhorpe | 43 | 326.6 | -6 (-12.2%) |
| Clifton Without & Skelton | 41 | 481.9 | -1 (-2.4%) |
| Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe | 40 | 482.2 | -4 (-9.1%) |
| Heworth North & Stockton | 38 | 390.8 | 0 (0.0%) |
| Rawcliffe & Clifton South | 37 | 440.1 | 9 (32.1%) |
| Dunnington, Elvington & Wheldrake | 36 | 555.6 | -11 (-23.4%) |
| Fulford, Heslington & University | 35 | 365.0 | 5 (16.7%) |
| Haxby | 35 | 609.3 | 14 (66.7%) |
| South Bank & Dringhouses | 33 | 423.0 | -11 (-25.0%) |
| Clifton North | 32 | 369.1 | -12 (-27.3%) |
| Wigginton | 32 | 524.7 | 12 (60.0%) |
| New Earswick | 29 | 504.2 | 5 (20.8%) |
| Huntington | 28 | 407.5 | 2 (7.7%) |
| Strensall | 28 | 401.7 | -7 (-20.0%) |
| Poppleton, Rufforth & Askham | 25 | 392.2 | 8 (47.1%) |
| Osbaldwick | 23 | 273.6 | 7 (43.8%) |
In North Yorkshire, there were 283 new coronavirus cases today, taking the cumulative total to 41,501 – an infection rate of 6,714.8 cases per 100K.
There are:
- 2,448 cases in Ryedale (up 19) – case rate 321.4 per 100K
- 6,998 in Selby (up 35) – 576
- 10,804 in Harrogate (up 78) – 527.9
- 6,032 in Hambleton (up 37) – 695.5
- 7,494 in Scarborough (up 51) – 650.1
- 3,715 in Richmondshire (up 22) – 673.7
- 4,010 in Craven (up 41) – 684.3.
At weekends, NHS England no longer reports coronavirus deaths in hospitals.
There were four coronavirus patients admitted to the trust on 18 July, and 30 in the previous seven days (up six).
Here are the updated figures (yesterday’s numbers in brackets):
- Total of people tested positive in the UK: 5,669,260 (5,637,975)
- Daily total of people tested positive: 31,795 (36,389)
- Total number UK deaths: 129,130 (129,044)
- Daily UK deaths: 86 (64)
- Confirmed cases in York: 16,777 (16,726)
- Confirmed cases in North Yorkshire: 41,501 (41,218)
- Confirmed cases in East Yorkshire: 24,676 (24,495)
- People vaccinated in York on 23 July – 1st dose: 123; 146,553 in total
- People vaccinated in York on 23 July – 2nd dose: 525; 110,234 in total
- People vaccinated UK – 1st dose: 46,519,998 as of 23 July (46,476,845)
- People vaccinated UK – 2nd dose: 36,953,691 as of 23 July (36,762,646)