News for: Coronavirus

UK STATISTICS Total UK Cases: 3,211,576 positive testsLatest UK daily figure: 47,525 new casesNumber in UK hospital: 36,489 (1,319 more)New deaths across UK: 1,564Total UK deaths: 84,767England Cases per 100,000: 526 averageR number in UK: 1.1 – 1.4 The R number and growth rate in the UKThe R … [Read more...]

UK STATISTICS Total UK Cases: 3,164,051 positive testsLatest UK daily figure: 45,533 new casesNumber in UK hospital: 35,075 (1,286 more)New deaths across UK: 1,243Total UK deaths: 83,203England Cases per 100,000: 553 averageR number in UK: 1.1 – 1.4 The R number and growth rate in the UKThe R … [Read more...]

Stockport Council's Director of Public Health, Jennifer Connolly has warned of the new coronavirus variant's increased transmissibility in her latest statement, following the news that Covid-19 infection rates have more than doubled in the past week. To combat the increased potency of the virus … [Read more...]

UK STATISTICS Total UK Cases: 3,072,349 positive testsLatest UK daily figure: 54,940 new casesNew deaths across UK: 563Total UK deaths: 81,431People in hospital: 32,294 – 597 moreEngland cases per 100,000: 518 averageR number in UK: 1.0 – 1.4 The R … [Read more...]

A care home resident in Stockport has become among the first people in the borough and the region to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. Pauline Dickens (pictured), aged 84, was one of 29 residents at Wellcroft care home, on Church Road, in Gatley, to be given their first dose of the vaccine … [Read more...]

UK STATISTICS Total UK Cases: 2,836,801 positive testsLatest UK daily figure: 62,332 new casesNew deaths across UK: 1,041Total UK deaths: 77,346People in hospital: 30,451 – an increase of 1,705 on previous dayEngland cases per 100,000: 518 averageR number in UK: 1.1 – 1.3 Vaccine … [Read more...]

Care home residents in Stockport have begun receiving their Covid-19 vaccines following the roll-out of the jabs to healthcare staff and other vulnerable people in the community. Residents of Brinnington Hall care home, on Middlesex Road, were among the first to be given a dose of the … [Read more...]

UK STATISTICS Total UK Cases: 2,713,563 positive testsLatest UK daily figure: 58,784 new casesNumber in UK hospital: 23,823  (1,277 new admissions)New deaths across UK: 407Total UK deaths: 75,431UK Cases per 100,000: 453 per 100,000R number in UK: 1.1 – 1.3 Latest Stockport data: Total … [Read more...]