Seven more deaths as more than 340 new cases reported
ANOTHER seven coronavirus deaths have been reported in hospital trusts serving Derbyshire.
Six people have died at Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, while another death was recorded at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, according to figures released last night. The deaths take the total since the pandemic struck to 898.
Public health officials revealed another 347 cases of the virus had been reported in the last 24 hours in the county. Derby recorded the most new cases with 84, while South Derbyshire has 52 and Amber Valley had 51 new positives.
The news comes after it was revealed a further 501 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday, bringing the UK total to 53,775.
In addition, the Government said that, as of 9am on Wednesday, there had been a further 22,915 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK. It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 1,453,256.
Here is the breakdown for each local authority area across Derbyshire:
■ ■Amber Valley 3,031 (+51)
■ ■Bolsover 2,181 (+23)
■ ■Chesterfield 2,453 (+22)
■ ■Derby 6,900 (+84)
■ ■Derbyshire Dales 1,088 (+ 10)
■ ■Erewash 2,617 (+50)
■ ■High Peak 2,195 (+30)
■ ■North East Derbyshire 2,579 (+25)
■ ■South Derbyshire 2,634 (+52) Locally, the number of Covidrelated deaths is as follows:
■Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust 702 (six new deaths)
■ ■Chesterfield Royal Hospital 172 (one new death)
■ ■Derbyshire Community Health Services 22 (no change)
■Derbyshire Healthcare 2 (no change)
Meanwhile, Covid-19 case rates in England have fallen for most adult age groups, though they are continuing to rise among people over 70, according to the latest weekly surveillance report from Public Health England.
The highest rate is still among 20 to 29 year-olds, which stood at 362.1 cases per 100,000 people in the week to November 15, down from 389.9 in the previous week.
Rates have also dropped among 30-39-year-olds (from 338.6 to 324.3), 40-49-year-olds (316.3 to 313.7), 50-59-year-olds (306.1 to 302.3) and 60-69-year-olds (217.5 to 209.6). But rates have risen slightly for 70-79-year-olds, from 146.1 to 147.5, while for those aged 80 and over, rates have climbed from 235.5 to 245.3. The rate has also increased for 10-19-year-olds, from 232.8 to 257.4.