A rise in coronavirus cases in North Yorkshire is “being driven by school-age children” according to the county’s director of public health.
The seven day average infection rate in the county stands at 452 cases per 100 thousand people well above the England average of 332.
Louise Wallace says some of that is being driven by robust in school testing but admits the situation is unusual.
COVID infection rates in North Yorkshire are currently higher than the all England average.
The latest 7 day average infection rate number per 100 thousand people stands at
- 332 for England
- 437 in the Scarborough Borough
- 452 for North Yorkshire as a whole.
Louise Wallace says the data does suggests its cases in schoolchildren that are driving the increase and that this is probably down to the increase in testing at the start of the term.
Schools and colleges returned at the start of September and twice-weekly testing is being used to limit infections, while rules on social distancing and face masks have been scrapped.
Louise Wallace said headteachers were receiving continued support from public health teams and that she was hopeful the increase in infections would ease over the coming weeks.
A breakdown of the numbers shows the Harrogate district has the highest infection rate after this week surpassing its previous record of 534 in July to reach 547.
Elsewhere in North Yorkshire, Selby has the second highest infection rate at 501, followed by Scarborough and Hambleton at 437, Craven at 401, Ryedale at 325 and Richmondshire at 324.
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