Covid patient numbers rise and positive cases up 80 per cent

One more person has died at Rotherham Hospital and positive Covid-19 cases have risen by more than 80 per cent. 

As of Wednesday morning, the number of inpatients being treated with the virus was 49 — up from 32 last week. No patients were in critical care at the hospital.

In the last seven days, 1,264 people have tested positive in the borough — up 84 per cent.

The total number of inpatients who have tested positive since Covid-19 began is now 4,272.

Nearly 86 per cent (85.9 per cent) of the population in Rotherham aged over 12 have had their first dose of the vaccine, more than 80 (81.5 per cent) have had their second and 64.3 per cent have received a booster jab.