A further 383 people were diagnosed with coronavirus across the East Yorkshire area on Christmas Eve, though Bridlington had one of the lowest rates in the county.
The Government’s latest rolling figures, updated on Christmas Eve, showed the number of infections recorded were 1,879 in the East Riding in the seven days up to Sunday, December 19, the latest with weekly data available.
At least 179 cases linked to the Omicron variant have been confirmed in the East Riding according to the latest UKHSA data.
The figures come as around 1.7m people across the country are thought to have had coronavirus in the last week alone, the highest number since Autumn last year.
It also comes as ministers are currently weighing stricter coronavirus measures and are due to make an announcement on Monday.
Local Covid-19 data for the East Riding
The number of positive test results in each area since the pandemic began is recorded below, with new positive test results in brackets.
East Riding of Yorkshire: 56,114 (+383)
The number of people being treated in hospital in Hull and East Riding as a result of Covid
In hospital: 59 (+ five from Thursday, December 23)
In intensive care: three (- one from Thursday, December 23)
The local areas with the lowest Covid rates are:
Bridlington Central (184.1 cases per 100,000 people)
Bridlington North and Bempton (243.9 cases per 100,000 people)
Burton Agnes, Rudston and Langtoft (295 cases per 100,000 people)
Covid death breakdown for each area
The number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test result in each area since the pandemic began is recorded below, with new deaths, and deaths removed from the total following revisions to past data, in brackets.
East Riding of Yorkshire: 882 (no change, up seven weekly to Friday, December 10, 1,006 with coronavirus on death certificate)
Vaccinations
Government data up to Thursday, December 23 shows that in the UK, 131,194,282 jabs have been given so far, 51,649,696 first doses, 47,254,099 second doses and 32,290,487 boosters.
The local data shows:
East Riding: First dose 281,067 (89.2 per cent), second dose 263,787 (83.7 per cent), booster 198,688 (63.1 per cent)
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