Five more Covid deaths and patient numbers fall — but case numbers rocket
FIVE more people have died at Rotherham Hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 and patient numbers continue to fall — but positive cases have nearly trebled.
As of Wednesday morning, the number of inpatients being treated with the virus fell to 62 from 86 last week. No patients were in critical care at the hospital.
But according to the latest figures, new case numbers across the borough have nearly trebled.
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Hide AdIn the last seven days, 6,620 people have tested positive in the borough — more than 180 per cent compared with last week’s 2,365 cases.
The total number of inpatients who have tested positive since Covid-19 began is now 4,064.
More than 85 per cent of the population in Rotherham aged over 12 have had their first dose of the vaccine, 80.2 per cent have had their second and more than 60 per cent (62.9 per cent) have received a booster jab.