WE are probably at the ‘peak suppression’ point in our pandemic response. Things are going well but risks will rise again as we lift the lockdown. We need to be vigilant. In the most recent weeks confirmed data, the UK has seen a 4.2 per cent decline in cases, a 21 per cent reduction in hospitalisations and a 25 per cent reduction in deaths from Covid-19. In Blackburn with Darwen, we started this week with a rate of 107 cases per 100,000 –about twice the national rate of cases at 55 per 100,000. Locally, the overall rate continues to decline, but as the number of cases gets smaller we will see a small rises and falls in rates day on day, as even a couple of household clusters of cases may affect the overall rate.
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Members of the family pray at the grave of Musarat Bibi at Pleasington Cemetery Blackburn (Picture LT) A family who lost women from three generations to Covid within six days have spoken of their ‘heartache’ and ‘anguish’ for the first time. A grandmother, mother and daughter all died in Royal Blackburn Hospital in early November 2020 and all three burials were conducted within five days of one another. On the morning of November 6 grandmother, Musarat Bibi, 88, was admitted to hospital and died later that night. Earlier that week on 2 November 26-year-old Nafisa Ahmed had been admitted to hospital and she died on November 11.
Members of the family pray at the grave of Musarat Bibi at Pleasington Cemetery Blackburn (Picture LT) A family who lost women from three generations to Covid within six days have spoken of their ‘heartache’ and ‘anguish’ for the first time. A grandmother, mother and daughter all died in Royal Blackburn Hospital in early November 2020 and all three burials were conducted within five days of one another. On the morning of November 6 grandmother, Musarat Bibi, 88, was admitted to hospital and died later that night. Earlier that week on 2 November 26-year-old Nafisa Ahmed had been admitted to hospital and she died on November 11.