North Somerset Covid-19 Update (05/05/21) 

Infection rates in North Somerset (per 100,000) 

UK Current infection rate - 22.6 (-10.7%)

England rate - 23 (-8.7%)

South West rate - 14.1 (-9%)

South West over 60’s rate - 6.4

North Somerset rate - 20.9 (+21.5%)

North Somerset over 60’s rate - 18.5 12.6

Individual Areas: Portishead Central - 40.5 (+33.7%)

                                             South - Too low to calculate

                                             Redcliffe - Too low to calculate

                            Pill and Easton - Too low to calculate

                            Clevedon North & Walton - Too low to calculate

                                             South & Yeo - Too low to calculate

                                             Central - Too low to calculate

                             Yatton and Cleeve - Too low to calculate

                              Wrington, Felton and Dundry - Too low to calculate

                              Long Ashton and Gordano – 22 (No Change)

                              Backwell & Flax Bourton - Too low to calculate

                              Nailsea West - Too low to calculate

                                            East - Too low to calculate

UK ‘R’ rate - 0.7 to 0.9

South West ‘R’ rate – 0.7 to 0.9

 

 

Immunisation Programme  

Total numbers immunised in UK - First dose: 34,667,904 (+2.4%)

                                                      Second dose: 15,630,007 (+18.4%)

Numbers immunised UK per 100 - 73.78 (+7.4%)

Numbers immunised in the South West – First dose: 3,148,087 (+2%)

                                                                   Second dose: 1,499,505 (+19.1%

Numbers immunised Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire - 650,937 (+7.6%)

             

Local hospital capacity 

Weston and Bristol hospitals beds occupied by Covid Patients - 12 (-50%)

Patients admitted weekly - 13 (-13.3%)

 

Testing

Weekly Tests conducted England - 1,412,525 (-5%)

Weekly tests conducted North Somerset - 6264 (-6%)

Test Positivity rate England - 0.8 (No Change)

Test positivity rate South West - 0.3 (-25%)

Test positivity rate North Somerset - 0.3 (-25%)