Leeds Covid-19 deaths and new cases: 105 South African strain cases confirmed in UK

The last day of January saw no new coronavirus deaths recorded by Leeds hospitals – but more than 200 new confirmed cases.

NHS England data for January 31 shows 33 more Covid-19-related deaths on record by Yorkshire hospital trusts, with 1,405 new confirmed cases in the county.

However, the infection rate has plummeted in Leeds – and across England, with just four local authority regions seeing rates rise in the seven days leading up to January 28 – none of them in the Yorkshire.

Only Melton, East Lindsey, Derbyshire Dales and Oldham have seen infection rates increase.

Today Matt Hancock said it was ‘up to all of us’ to contain the new South African variant, as the UK has now identified 105 cases of the strain, 11 of which are unrelated to travel. international.

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The Health Secretary told a Downing Street press conference that while there is no evidence the South African strain is more lethal, “we have to go hard.”

Mr Hancock said the UK is ‘stepping up’ further testing in areas where the new variant has been found – postcodes – W7, N17, CR4, WS2, ME15, EN10, GU21 and PR9 – and door door-to-door to perform the tests.

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Zero Covid-19 deaths recorded by Leeds hospitals

There have been 33 more deaths of coronavirus patients recorded by hospitals in the past 24 hours, according to NHS England.

In hospitals across England, another 356 people, who tested positive for Covid-19, have died, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals in England to 72,145.

The patients were between 22 and 103 years old. All but 20 (aged 50 to 96) had known underlying health problems.

The date of death varies from May 18, 2020 to January 31, with the majority being January 27 or later.

Their families have been informed.

Deaths at Covid-19 Hospital in Yorkshire:

• Airedale NHS Foundation Trust: 229
• Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: 519 (+2)
• CIC City Health Care Partnership – East Riding Community Hospital: 23
• Bradford Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: 530 (+7)
• Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust: 429 (+4)
• Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust: 1
• Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 664
• Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust: 128 (+1)
• Hull University Hospitals NHS Trust: 675 (+2)
• Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust: 3
• Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 765
• Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust: 2
• Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust: 865 (+3)
• Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust: 9
• Sheffield NHS Foundation Trust Teaching Hospitals: 779 (+9)
• The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust: 516 (+5)
• Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: 4
• York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: 493

Breakdown by area of ​​1,405 new confirmed Covid-19 cases in Yorkshire

The number of coronavirus cases in Yorkshire has increased by more than 1,000 in the past 24 hours.
New figures confirm 1,405 new infections in the region.
Leeds saw the largest increase in new cases with 246 more positive cases recorded, followed by Sheffield, Doncaster and Bradford.

• Leeds was 51,886, now 52,132 (+246)
• Wakefield was 20230, now 20325 (+95)
• North Yorkshire was 25789, now 25889 (+100)
• Sheffield was 36,328, now 36,488 (+160)
• Barnsley was 15,218, now 15,265 (+47)
• Bradford was 40214, now 40363 (+149)
• Calderdale was 11.969, now 12.004 (+36)
• Rotherham was 16,949, now 17019 (+70)
• Kirklees was 27,814, now 27,947 (+133)
• York was 11089, now 11136 (+47)
• Doncaster had 18754, now 18911 (+157)
• East Riding of Yorkshire was 15176, now 15230 (+54)
• Hull was 15792, now 15903 (+111)

Latest infection rates in Yorkshire

The list was calculated by the PA news agency based on data from Public Health England released on February 1 on the government’s coronavirus dashboard.

Data for the most recent four days (January 29 to February 1) have been excluded because they are incomplete and do not reflect the actual number of cases.

Here is the full list. From left to right, we read: the name of the local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days before January 28; number (in brackets) of new cases registered in the seven days prior to January 28; rate of new cases in the seven days to January 21; number (in parentheses) of new cases registered in the seven days prior to January 21.

• Middlesbrough 379.5, (535), 488.0, (688)

• Redcar and Cleveland 296.0, (406), 415.6, (570)

• Bradford 254.0, (1371), 312.0, (1684)

• Rotherham 249.0, (661), 298.0, (791)

• Barnsley 230.9, (570), 276.3, (682)

• Leeds 230.7, (1830), 296.3, (2350)

• Selby 226.2, (205), 278.1, (252)

• Kirklees 234.9, (1033), 262.2, (1153)

• Sheffield 228.1, (1334), 254.4, (1488)

• Wakefield 212.7, (741), 273.0, (951)

• York 198.0, (417), 306.2, (645)

• Doncaster 210.3, (656), 250.4, (781)

• Calderdale 188.7, (399), 231.3, (489)

• Richmondshire 186.1, (100), 279.2, (150)

• Hambleton 187.8, (172), 272.9, (250)

• Shell 175.5, (456), 206.7, (537)

• Harrogate 173.5, (279), 262.4, (422)

• East Riding of Yorkshire 164.7, (562), 178.2, (608)

• Craven 162.8, (93), 236.3, (135)

• Scarborough 109.4, (119), 135.2, (147)

• Ryedale 84.9, (47), 193.2, (107)