NINE COVID-19 patients have sadly died at Warrington Hospital since Christmas Eve, while 79 new cases have been confirmed in the town in the latest daily update from Public Health England, continuing an upward trend.
Hospital inpatient numbers and patients in intensive care are also showing signs of being on the increase. A total of 16 patients were discharged since Christmas Eve.
The nine deaths since Christmas Eve include five already reported on warrington-worldwide via NHS England.
The 79 (104) new cases in Warrington in the latest figures from Public Health England takes the total since the start of the pandemic to 9,862 (9,783).
Cases in Warrington for the last seven days, previous days/updates in brackets, are 639 (592) – 304.3 (281.9) per 100,000 population – showing an upward trend in infection rates over a seven day period for a 17th consecutive days.
*Latest figures available from Warrington & Halton Hospitals updated Monday, December 28 2020 – Thursday’s figures in brackets. *Figures are not updated at weekends.
Covid-19 positive inpatients 107 (103) of which 36 (38) are Warrington residents – of which 11 (8) are in ICU
Total number of tests (inpatients/community) cumulative – 47,790 (47,188)
Total tests with a positive result (inpatients/community/died/discharged) cumulative 3,338 (3,288)
Discharges of positive patients (excluding deaths) cumulative 1057 (1041)
Deaths of Covid-19 positive inpatients cumulative 310 (301)
*The highest number COVID-19 positive inpatients during the first wave was on 12th April with 124 patients of which 18 were in ICU.
The total number of deaths in Warrington within 28 days of a positive test reported by Public Health England is now 308 (304) 146.7 per 100,000 population.
The total number of deaths with Covid-19 on the death certificate in Warrington reported by Public Health England is 350 (350).
*Across the UK the daily number of COVID-19 associated UK deaths reported on Monday, December 28 was 357 (316), taking the total number of deaths to 71,109 (70,752).
The daily number of lab-confirmed UK cases was 41,385 (30,501), taking the total number to 2,329,730 (2,288,345).
Across the country, there are 21,286 (21,286) patients currently in hospital and 1,529 (1,529) patients in ventilator beds.
To find out more about COVID-19 testing, and to book a test if you have symptoms, visit warrington.gov.uk/get-tested-coronavirus
For the latest COVID-19 guidance for Warrington visit https://www.warrington.gov.uk/coronavirus-latest-guidance
UK Summary
The latest R number is estimated at 1.1 to 1.3 with a daily infection growth rate range of +1% to +6% as of 24 December 2020.
*During the holiday period, the COVID-19 Dashboard will be updated every day, but the amount of data being updated will vary.
See full details in the About the Data page.
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/about-data#holiday-season-2020-schedule
