MORE than 1,300 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Hampshire in a 24-hour period. Latest data on the government website shows a total of 1,358 people were reported to have tested positive for the coronavirus up to 4pm today. There were 65 cases in Winchester district bringing the number since the start of the pandemic to 2,920. Other districts - Southampton: 234 (7,030); New Forest: 87 (3,012); Eastleigh: 80 (2,828); Fareham: 71 (2,674); Portsmouth: 183 (7,956); Test Valley: 64 (2,606); Gosport: 53 (1,893); Havant: 133 (3,961); Hart: 83 (2,288); East Hampshire: 64 (2,713); Rushmoor: 178 (3,852); Basingstoke and Deane: 63 (4,162). A further 10 Covid-19 deaths have been reported by the NHS in Hampshire, bringing the total to 33 in three days. At Hampshire Hospitals Trust, which includes the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, there have been a further two deaths, meaning a total of 246 since the start of the pandemic. At Southampton Hospital t
ONLY 44 new cases of Covid-19 were reported today in the Winchester district, the first day in a week with cases under 50. Yesterday the Chronicle reported nearly a fifth of all the Covid cases in the Winchester district have been reported in the last six days, figures show. The surge in Covid-19 in the Winchester district caused by the virulent new strain shows no sign of abating. Nationally 50,000 new cases have been reported for the last four days. Today s figure of new cases was 44. In the previous six days since Boxing Day they have been 104, 57, 56, 84, 90 and 119. The district s infection rate is 2,221 per 100,000 people. The national infection rate is 3,892 per 100,000.
WINCHESTER health chiefs have started to postpone planned operations, it was announced today. The surge in Covid-19 have forced managers to ease the pressure by delaying operations. The exact number has not been stated. The number of admitted patients with Covid-19 has risen from 31 to 40 in the last week at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and from 44 to 63 at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital. Today Alex Whitfield, chief executive, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “As with the NHS across the south east, our trust is under increasing pressure due to a sharp rise in the number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 who need hospital care. As such, we have had to make the difficult decision to start postponing some planned operations.