7-day infection rate sees significant fall

STAFFORDSHIRE’S Covid-19 infection rate has fallen significantly in the last five days, the latest stats show.

The seven-day infection rate for the week up to Saturday, November 21 – the latest available figures released by the Government – was 333.5 per every 100,000 people in the county.

But a county council spokesman told the Burton Mail the figure, as of yesterday, was around the 300 mark.

The numbers for Derbyshire and Leicestershire suggest there is still a long way to go before the Government will consider moving them out of Tier 3 restrictions.

Both counties are also in Tier 3, but with much lower seven-day infection rates up to Saturday – Derbyshire’s is 232.8 and Leicestershire’s is 284.5.

Here is the picture up to Thursday evening in the districts in our area:

A total of 3,412 people in East Staffordshire have had confirmed cases of Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic – a rise of 43 in the latest 24 hours analysed.

The infection rate since the start of the pandemic now stands at 2,849.2 per every 100,000 people in the borough. The population is around 118,000.

There have been no more deaths announced, so the total stands 181, at a rate of 151.1 in every 100,000 residents.

In South Derbyshire, there have been 48 new cases, with the total since the start of the pandemic now standing at 2,904 at an infection rate of 2,707.4.

There has been one death in South Derbyshire with the total number now at 105, meaning the death rate is 97.9.

There have been 2,216 cases in North West Leicestershire – 29 of which were recorded in the last 24 hours – meaning the infection rate is now 2,138.8.

The death rate is 82, with 85 people having died within 28 days of testing positive. The latest numbers show two new fatalities.

The latest data shows 16,022 new cases were documented across the UK in the 24 hours up to 5.30pm yesterday.

The data shows 521 more people died in the UK within 28 days of testing positive for the virus.