Number of virus cases twice what was said
There have been nearly twice as many confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Scarborough than previously reported, the Government has confirmed. Previously, 314 positive tests for the borough had been reported but this only applied to tests carried out in hospitals, known as Pillar 1 testing.
The Government has now released the data for Pillar 2 tests, which is anyone tested at one of the mobile sites in the borough or sent a test to take at home.
It shows there have actually been 561 confirmed cases in the borough.
Five new cases were confirmed in the borough between June 18 and 23.
Since June 23 there have been no confirmed cases recorded for Scarborough, meaning the rest of the new additions are all historical cases that have not previously been reported.
The additions also mean that Scarborough’s rate of infection per 100,000 people has leapt to 515 from its previous position below 300.
This puts Scarborough’s rate of infection above that of North Yorkshire as a whole (407.5) and the average across England (435.7).
However, the borough’s rate is below that of Yorkshire and The Humber combined (527.3), the North West (581.4) and the North East (566.5).
Across the county almost 1,200 cases were added under the Pillar 2 testing data, bringing North Yorkshire’s total to 2,504.
Nobody has died from l coronavirus at Scarborough Hospital in the last two weeks.
Latest figures from York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust show there has been no change in the number of people who have died with the virus at either Scarborough or York hospitals.
Since the pandemic began, 80 people have died at Scarborough Hospital and 134 at York Hospital with coronavirus.
More than 540 patients who had tested positive for the virus have so far been discharged by the Trust.
According to the latest Office for National Statistics figures released on Tuesday, one person died in a Scarborough care home with coronavirus in the week ending June 26.
Figures show that 39 l people are suspected to have died in care homes across the borough of Scarborough as a result of Covid-19 between March 2 and June 12.
The Office for National Statistics has made public the provisional number and causes for deaths in care settings first time.
It shows that 39 people in care homes lost their lives in cases where the virus was either confirmed or suspected in the borough, with the first death being recorded in the week ending April 3.
The following week saw a spike in deaths in Scarborough with 10 people dying, the highest week on record for the borough.
There were 14 Covid-19related deaths over the next three weeks before a second spike of eight fatalities in the week ending May 8.