Covid deaths, patient numbers, and positive cases at Rotherham Hospital all fall

ELEVEN more Covid deaths have been recorded at Rotherham Hospital in the last seven days, and inpatient numbers have dropped below 100.

As of this morning, the number of inpatients being treated with the virus was 90 — down from 106 last week — with one person in critical care at the hospital. Deaths of Covid-positive patients have dropped from 13 to 11. 

Positive cases also continued to fall in the borough. In the last seven days, 779 people tested positive — a drop of more than a fifth (22.1 per cent).

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The total number of inpatients who have tested positive since Covid-19 began is now 4,745.

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.

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