Infection rates in North Somerset (per 100,000)
UK Current infection rate - 121 (-8.19%)
England rate - 125.1 (-6.22%)
South West rate - 76.9 (-13.79%)
South West over 60’s rate - 49.5 (-31.63%)
North Somerset rate - 84.6 (-1.63%)
North Somerset over 60’s rate - 51.3 (-19.09%)
Individual Areas: Portishead Central – Too low to calculate
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 - 84.8 (+100%)
Wrington, Felton and Dundry - 145.6 (-10.01%)
Long Ashton and Gordano - 66 (-35.74%)
Backwell & Flax Bourton - 132.3 (+33.37%)
Nailsea West - 76.7 (+16.57%)
East - Too low to calculate
UK ‘R’ rate - 0.6 to 0.9
South West ‘R’ rate – 0.6 to 0.9
Immunisation Programme
Total numbers immunised in UK - First dose: 17,723,840 (+5.03%)
Second dose: 624,325 (+5.89 %)
Weekly numbers immunised - First dose: 2,908,155 (+0.5%)
Second dose: 25,617 (+55.8%)
Numbers immunised UK per 100 - 27.03 (+7.9%)
Numbers immunised in the South West – First dose: 1,743,371 (+5.76%)
Second dose: 60,369 (+3.29)
Numbers immunised Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire - 230,650 (+20.8%)
Local hospital capacity
Weston and Bristol hospitals beds occupied by Covid Patients - 139 (-24%)
Patients admitted weekly - 71 (-42.6%)
Testing
Weekly Tests conducted England - 1,522,662 (-1.55%)
Weekly tests conducted North Somerset - 6,828 (-2.04%)
Test Positivity rate England - 5.2 (-7.14%)
Test positivity rate South West - 2.7 (-10%)
Test positivity rate North Somerset - 3 (-7.14%)
Rapid testing programme - Rapid testing has now begun in North Somerset with our first centre established in Portishead. Around 150 people per day are currently being tested, with around 1.5 to 2% positive at the present time.