The number of Covid-19 patients in York NHS hospitals has risen significantly week on week.
It comes as reported cases of coronavirus are also on the rise in York and North Yorkshire.
The number of patients in York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust hospitals, in York and Scarborough, has risen to 87 – up by 29 on the week before.
Two of these patients are in intensive care, compared to none in the previous week. These figures were last update on Friday (24 June).
There were three deaths of Covid patients in the trust’s hospitals last week, taking the total coronavirus deaths there to 964.
Meanwhile, reported cases of Covid-19 have also risen sharply. In York last week there were 529 cases reported, compared to 299 the previous week.
The areas with the highest number of cases were Acomb and York city centre, followed by the Groves.
You can see the full set of figures here.
In North Yorkshire, 1,228 cases were reported, up from 687 the week before. The highest number of new cases were in Harrogate (334) and Selby (206).
City of York Council hasn’t updated its Covid tracker since 10 June.
‘No cause for concern’
On Saturday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he has not been considering coronavirus “for a while” despite cases rising across the UK.
The Prime Minister said he does not believe there is “immediate cause for concern”, as infections rise in all four nations of the UK.
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A total of 1.7 million people are estimated to have had the virus last week, up 23% from 1.4 million a week earlier, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The increase is likely to be driven by the latest Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5.
The Prime Minister said: “I think older people definitely should get their fourth jab.
“Look at the advice from the NHS.
“To be absolutely frank, I haven’t looked at it for a while.
“I do know that cases are up.
“I don’t believe there’s an immediate cause for concern, but people should just look at the NHS guidance and particularly for older people I would imagine that the answer is to get a fourth jab.”
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