We should find out later which Tiers of Covid restrictions will apply to the Yorkshire Coast when the national lockdown ends on December 2nd.
The Government set out the rules for each tier earlier in the week but didn't say which areas will be in which level of restrictions.
There is speculation that most of North Yorkshire will be in Tier 2 but with a seven day infection rate still much higher than the national average there are concerns the Scarborough borough could be in the higher tier 3 which would mean pubs, restaurants and leisure centres remaining closed
However Richard Webb from North Yorkshire County Council says it's not even clear yet whether the restrictions will be applied at county or district level.
North Yorkshire's Director of Public Health, Dr Lincon Sargeant says whatever the decision there remains a need to follow social distancing and limit interactions between people.
North Yorkshire County Council's Chief Executive, Richard Flinton, has echoed the call for people to continue to avoid household mixing in his latest public newsletter.
We are seeing some better news this week in our fight against Coronavirus here. As a result of your concerted efforts and the impact of the lockdown, North Yorkshire’s rate of infection is now under 200 per 100,000. That puts us below the England average, which is positive. However, we must not forget that just a couple of months ago a rate of 20 per 100,000 was enough to put Scarborough and Selby on the watch list, so it is cause for hope rather than celebration! To each and every one of you who has played their part to get the rates down I am grateful, please keep going because there really is light at the end of the tunnel now. If we can keep that downward trend, we will all get back to as close to normality as possible sooner.
I will say more about Christmas much nearer the time, but imminent now is the announcement from Government about what tier or tiers we will be placed in tomorrow (Thursday, 26 November). I understand completely that this is a hot topic and we are as keen as you to learn whether our tier will be countywide or by area. It is possible that areas which still have higher infection rates, such as Scarborough and Selby, for example, could be in a different tier to Ryedale and Richmondshire. However, it is equally possible that Government will take a county approach and we will all need to abide by the same rules, wherever we live here. What we do know, is that whatever tier we are in, the single most significant factor in the spread of covid here is too much household mixing. Basically, too many people getting too close to too many other people in enclosed spaces. This is where the virus can do its most damage and spread quickly between friends and family. We mustn’t forget that, sadly, we still have 54 care homes with cases and that people are still dying.
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