THE upturn in new cases of coronavirus continues in Hampshire and Winchester, according to figures published today.
The number of new cases of the virus reported in the Hampshire County Council area have risen by 99 from 6,251 to 6,350 and in Winchester district from 595 to 603, an increase of eight. The current infection rate in the city council district is 482.9 people in every 100,000.
In Winchester in the last seven days the number of new cases has been 55. In the previous seven days ending on Monday September 28 the number was nine.
No new deaths have been reported in Winchester district or in the Hampshire County Council area.
Nationally, 19 deaths have been reported in the UK today, bringing the number of confirmed reported deaths to 42,369, according to the ONS website.
Today the rate of infection in Hampshire stands at 459.3 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average, 784.4. The Winchester rate is higher than the county but much lower than nationally.
There have been 515,571 cases of the virus across the UK. This is an increase of 12,594 in the last 24 hours, down on the 22,961 in the previous 24 hours.
The number of deaths in Hampshire hospitals remains at 616. The figure for fatalities at the Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which includes the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, is 162. For the other local county trusts, Portsmouth Hospital, 236; Solent, 2; Southern Health, 17; University Southampton, 199.
The R number in the south-east has today risen to between 1.1 and 1.4 meaning that on average every 10 people infected will infect between 11 and 14 other people.
The growth rate in the south east region is also edging up, and is now between +2% and +6%, meaning the number of new infections is growing by up to 6% every day.
Regarding Covid patients admitted to hospital, the figure is 19, reported on Saturday in the south-east region, that includes Hampshire. There are 115 with the condition in hospital yesterday,up 20 on Saturday, with eight on ventilators yesterday, the same as Saturday, according to the ONS. There are no specific numbers for hospitals in Hampshire.
Total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic of people who had had a positive test result for Covid-19 and died within 28 days of the first positive test, are: Hampshire, 728, Portsmouth, 79 and Southampton, 123. The Winchester district figure, the city council area, is 77, a rate of 61.7 per 100,000 people.
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Covid-19 claims another commercial victim in Winchester with the news that Loch Fyne restaurant on Jewry Street, closed since March, will not reopen.
More local schools report coronavirus cases.
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