Seven more Covid hospital deaths - but patient numbers and cases fall

As of this morning, the number of inpatients being treated with the virus had fallen to 86, after topping 100 last week.

Two of the patients were in critical care at the hospital.

New case numbers across Rotherham have dropped by more than a fifth, according to the latest figures.

In the last seven days, 2,365 people have tested positive in the borough — a fall of more than 22 per cent per cent on a week ago. 

The total number of hospital inpatients who have tested positive since Covid-19 began has passed, 4,000 and was at 4,008 this morning.

More than 85 per cent of the population in Rotherham aged over 12 have had their first dose, nearly 80 per cent (79.9 per cent) have had their second, and more than 60 per cent (62.4 per cent) have received a booster jab.