Grimsby Telegraph

Covid rates in area surge by 40% in a week

FIFTY WITH CORONAVIRU­S BEING TREATED BY NORTHERN LINCOLNSHI­RE’S HOSPITAL TRUST

- By JAMIE WALLER jamie.waller@reachplc.com @jamiewalle­r2

CORONAVIRU­S cases in northern Lincolnshi­re have jumped 40 per cent in a single week.

There are an extra 500 cases across the region compared to the previous seven days.

The sudden surge comes after several weeks of gradual decreases in Covid cases.

North East Lincolnshi­re saw a total of 805 people test positive in the seven days leading up to November 13, according to the latest data.

This is 233 more than the previous week.

The overall rate is 505 cases per 100,000 residents.

North Lincolnshi­re has also seen a big jump with 796 cases in the most recent week – up 221 from the week before.

Its rate is now 460 cases per 100,000 people.

There are currently 50 people with coronaviru­s being treated by northern Lincolnshi­re’s hospital trust.

22 are in Grimsby Hospital (with none in ICU), 27 in Scunthorpe General Hospital (with two in ICU), and one person is in Goole hospital.

Here is the breakdown of Covid rates in North East Lincolnshi­re:

■ Cleethorpe­s Beacon Hill - 272 per 100,000

■ Cleethorpe­s Haverstoe – 434 per 100,000

■ Cleethorpe­s North – 278 per 100,000

■ Cleethorpe­s West – 527 per 100,000 ■ Great Coates & The Willows - 452 per 100,000

■ Grimsby East Marsh – 368 per 100,000

■ Grimsby West Marsh – 344 per 100,000

■ Holme Hill - 610 per 100,000

■ Humberston – 379 per 100,000

■ Immingham & Habrough - 902 per 100,000

■ Laceby Acres & Wybers Wood – 569 per 100,000

■ Laceby, Healing & Stallinbor­ough – 404 per 100,000

■ Littlefiel­d North – 559 per 100,000

■ Littlefiel­d South & Grange – 675 per 100,000

■ New Clee – 678 per 100,000

■ New Waltham - 558 per 100,000 ■ Nunsthorpe – 206 per 100,000

■ Scartho – 395 per 100,000

■ Sidney Park – 450 per 100,000

■ Waltham & East Ravendale – 557 per 100,00

■ Wellow – 502 per 100,000

■ Weelsby & Old Clee – 762 per 100,000

■ Yarborough – 552 per 100,000

 ?? ?? Coronaviru­s rates have risen sharply in northern Lincolnshi­re.
Coronaviru­s rates have risen sharply in northern Lincolnshi­re.

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