13 more Covid deaths at hospital, but positive cases continue to fall

THIRTEEN more deaths of Covid-positive patients have been recorded at Rotherham Hospital in the last seven days, but positive cases continued to fall.

As of this morning, the number of inpatients being treated with the virus was 106 — down from 107 last week — with one person in critical care at the hospital.

Positive cases continue to fall in the borough, dropping below 1,000. In the last seven days, 973 people tested positive — a drop of more than a third (36.9 per cent).

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The total number of inpatients who have tested positive since Covid-19 began is now 4,675.

More than 85 per cent of the population in Rotherham aged over 12 have had their first dose of the vaccine, 81.4 per cent have had their second and more than 64 per cent (64.4 per cent) have received a booster jab.