COVID HOTSPOTS REVEALED
KIRK ELLA HAS HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES
THE main coronavirus hotspots that have contributed to a huge spike in cases across the East Riding have been revealed.
There was a massive jump of 32 new cases recorded in the region on Tuesday – the highest daily increase since May 25.
But Tuesday was not a particularly surprising outlier for the East Riding, where cases have been rising in line with increasing coronavirus cases nationwide.
The UK saw its biggest daily rise in cases of the whole pandemic on Tuesday, with a further 7,143 lab-confirmed cases announced.
With the infection rate of all the positive cases that have been recorded in the East Riding throughout the pandemic now at 595.6 per 100,000 of the population, a Public Health England map has revealed the particular areas that have been hardest hit.
The map shows the number of cases in England within small areas that have an average population of 7,200 people.
Figures are updated weekly, with the latest data showing the number of positive test results from September 19 to September 25.
Areas highlighted blue have had three or more cases reported in this week, with darker shades of blue representative of higher numbers of cases.
Those in grey have had between zero and two cases, but there is no further breakdown recorded.
The latest update shows there are a number of hotspots across the East Riding that are responsible for the increase in new cases across the region.
Kirk Ella recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases after eight test results came back positive.
Market Weighton recorded seven cases in that same time frame, as did Pocklington.
Driffield East and Nafferton, Skipsea, Beeford and Brandesburton each recorded six new cases.
Bridlington Central had five positive cases, while Goole West had four. Holme, Melbourne and Bubwith also had four, as did Beverley South.
Several areas including Goole East, Leven and Tickton, Howden South and Goole North and South
Cave, Newbald and Little Weighton registered three new cases.
Many others, including Beverley North, Molescroft, Hornsea, Hedon and Preston, Gilderbdyke and North Cave and Driffield West and Huggate had two cases or fewer.
As cases have increased, hospital admissions and subsequent deaths from coronavirus are also on the rise again.
A second coronavirus-related death in a week was recorded in the region on Tuesday, with the death toll at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital now at 212.
Nationwide on Tuesday, the Government said that a further 71 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus.
This brings the UK death toll to
42,072.