It brings to 1,212 the death toll since the start of the pandemic. Seven deaths have been reported at Hampshire Hospitals Trust, which includes the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, meaning a total of 260 have died since the start of the pandemic. In the Winchester City Council district three people are reported to have died to bring fatalities to 111, or 88.9 per 100,000 people. In Southampton the figure is 166, up three, or 65.7 per 100,000. In Portsmouth the figure is 165, up five, for 76.8 per 100,000. The plateau in cases in Winchester district continued for a second day. Yesterday for the first time since December 13, the number of cases reported in the previous seven days was lower than in the previous week.
AFTER sharp growth in Covid cases in Winchester there is the first sign today that a plateau may have been reached. For the first time since December 13, the number of cases reported in the last seven days is lower than in the previous week. Today there were 90 cases, taking to 528 the number in the last seven days. The previous seven days had seen 540 cases. The swift turnaround was partly caused by the December 31 figure of 119 passing today from this week to last week. The number of cases in the Winchester district since the start of the pandemic is 3,258, an infection rate of 2,609 per 100,000, below the UK average of 4,437.
THE number of new cases of Covid-19 in the Winchester district week on week has nearly doubled, according to figures out today. There were 90 cases reported today bringing the number since the start of the pandemic to 3,200. In the week to January 1 the figure for Winchester district was 604, up 289, or 92 per cent on the previous week, for a rolling number of 483.7, above the UK average. The figure for the last seven days including today is 589, up from 448 in the previous seven days. Some 18 per cent of all 3,200 cases have been reported in the last seven days, showing the recent surge.
Here is the second part of our Review of the Year:
JULY A WINCHESTER woman has been crowned the winner of this year’s Great British Sewing Bee. Clare Bradley beat stiff competition and impressed judges Esme Young and Patrick Grant to be awarded the title in the BBC One show. Upon being announced as the winner, she said: “I feel really surprised. Crikey. I do hold myself to high standards and because other things I have gone in for are things I have trained for like exams and more exams - this was something I did for fun.” The streets are bustling, the shops are filled – and for the first time in 13 weeks, Winchester’s pubs, cafes and restaurants are open, but not as we have known it.