North Yorkshire’s public health bosses have said new coronavirus cases remain low and the county is not “in the same ranking as Leicester”.
According to the Department of Health and Social Care, a total of 2,533 positive cases have been confirmed in the county to date.
Lincoln Sargeant, director of public health at North Yorkshire County Council, told senior councillors that around 36 new cases had been reported in the past two weeks, with the county averaging around one to two per day.
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But, he added the case numbers remain low and were not in the same position as Leicester which was put back into lockdown last month due to its high rate of infection.
He said:
“Many people will have been listening to the news on the issue about Leicester, we are not in that ranking. Scarborough which has the highest rates to date is averaging about half the rates of the levels we are seeing in Leicester at the moment.
“We are in a situation where the numbers are low and that gives us a good opportunity to consolidate that situation to work effectively with test and trace to keep those numbers low.”
It comes as hospital bosses at Harrogate District Hospital have not reported any coronavirus deaths for eight days.
The total number of deaths at the hospital remains at 81.
Nationally, a further 22 patients who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital.
Of that number, two were reported in the North East and Yorkshire.
NHS England said those patients who died were aged between 54 and 93 years old and all had known underlying health conditions.
It means the death toll nationally from coronavirus stands has increased to 29,125.
