Hull’s six Covid hotspots
CASES DOUBLING WEEKLY IN SOME CITY AREAS
THERE are now six areas of Hull in the worst possible category for new Covid-19 infections as the Omicron variant continues to rip through the population.
Across Hull, the number of coronavirus infections doubled in the week up to December 29, with 3,399 cases, up by 1,724 from the previous seven days, according to the latest government figures.
Despite the explosion in cases, the situation in the region’s hospitals remains roughly stable with 60 Covid-19 positive patients, and two in the highest level of care on ventilators.
Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust has warned it is experiencing pressure on services with rising patient numbers in general and urged people to find alternatives to A&E.
The worst category is reserved for areas with a rate of 1,600 cases per 100,000 people and appears black on the Public Health England interactive map, in Hull the areas of South Sutton, Brough and Kingswood had already passed the dubious milestone over the weekend.
These three areas have now been joined by Ings, Longhill and Derringham, which have all seen weekly case numbers double within the last seven days.
Slightly further afield, Walkington, Bishop Burton and Woodmansey also remain in the highest category, with 159 cases in the week up to December 29 and a rate of 1,779.5 per 100,000 people.
Kingswood, one of the earliest areas to enter the highest category, remains the worst affected in the city with 324 cases in the week up to December 29 – a rate of 2,118.5 per 100,000 people, up by 84.1 per cent on the previous week.
South Sutton is not far behind, with 142 cases in the week for a rate of 2,066.1 per 100,000 people, up a worrying 97.2 per cent on the previous week.
Brough has seen new cases rocket by 121 per cent to 263 in the week – a rate of 1,938.5 new cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 people.
Ings has reported 121 new cases of the virus (up 142 per cent on the previous week) and has entered the highest category with a rate of 1,776.5 cases per 100,00 people.
Derringham has seen the most worrying rise in new cases with 113 representing a rise of 213.9 per cent on the previous week and giving the area a rate of 1,762.9 cases per 100,00 people.
The final area to enter the highest category is Longhill, with 133 new cases (up 160.8 per cent) giving a rate of 1,632.1 new cases per 100,000 people.
In contrast, the lowest rate in Hull is found in Sculcoates, where there were just 55 cases (up 34.1 per cent) for a rate of 598.4 cases per 100,000 people.
Across the city of Hull there were 3,399 cases in the week up to December 29 and 479 new cases reported for Monday, December 3.
The weekly cases up to December 29 were up by 1,724 on the previous seven days, a staggering increase of 102.9 per cent overall, meaning the city has an average case rate of 1,311.7 per 100,000 people.
There were six new hospital admissions in the latest data and there have been no new deaths announced although this could change due to bank holiday delays in data.
In the East Riding there have been 697 new cases of Covid-19 announced on Monday and a weekly total of 4,309 in the week up to December 29.
The region has a rate of 1,255.5 new infections per 100,000 people an overall increase of 85.7 per cent on the previous week.
In terms of the new variant, we know that Omicron is the dominant strain in both Hull and the East Riding, with the latest data from the Sanger Institute indicating that 61.4 per cent of cases in Hull are Omicron, while that number in the East Riding is 63.4 per cent.
In the UK overall there were 157,758 new cases of Covid-19 announced on Monday despite an overall drop in testing.
The seven-day total up to December 29 stands at 1,189,985 new cases of the virus for an average rate of 1,525.9 cases per 100,000 people (up 50 per cent).
There have been 42 deaths announced in the latest data with 800 across the last seven available days (up 17 per cent).
Hospital admissions have seen one of the most worrying rises with 1,915 in the daily figures and 9,937 across the last seven days, which is up 49.9 per cent on the previous week.