12 more Covid deaths at hospital and patient numbers top 100

TWELVE more Covid deaths have been recorded at Rotherham Hospital in the last seven days and patient numbers have topped 100.

TWELVE more Covid deaths have been recorded at Rotherham Hospital in the last week - and patient numbers have topped 100.

As of yesterday, the number of inpatients being treated with the virus was 107 — up from 97 last week — with one person in critical care at the hospital.

Positive cases have fallen in the borough. In the last seven days, 1,689 people tested positive — a drop of more than 16 per cent.

The total number of inpatients who have tested positive since Covid-19 began is now 4,560.

Eighty six per cent of the population in Rotherham aged over 12 have had their first dose of the vaccine, nearly 82 per cent (81.9 per cent) have had their second and more than 64 per cent (64.7 per cent) have received a booster jab.

 

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