WINCHESTER district is potentially Covid-free for the first time in more than six months. The official Government shows the 14 areas of the district with two or fewer new cases in the seven days to April 21, marking them white on the map. Wednesday April 21 is the most recent day for which localised figures are available. The last two area with more than two cases over the weekend had been
Whiteley, Knowle and Wickham and
Winchester Central and South. It is unclear whether there are no cases in an area or just one or two. All 14 areas of the Winchester district are now marked white on the Government map
FOR the 50th day, no Covid-related deaths have been reported in the Winchester district. Since the start if the first lockdown last spring 183 people have died within 28 days of a positive test. There have been no new ones since March 3. Covid-19 has been virtually eliminated across the district with today just two area with more than two cases in the last seven days: Winchester West and Winchester Central and South, In both area there have been four cases in the seven days to April 16, the most recent day for which localised statistics are available. The twelve other areas of the Winchester district have reported fewer than three cases in those seven days and are now marked white on the Government map.
LESS than two per cent of hospital staff have declined to have a Covid-19 vaccine according to figures from the trust that runs Basingstoke hospital. A Freedom of Information request submitted to Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust shows that of the 8,490 staff offered a vaccine at Basingstoke, Winchester, and Andover hospitals, 160 declined to receive it representing 1.8 per cent. Various reasons were given including staff being pregnant, allergies, having recently had Covid-19, and concerns about the vaccine. Those who declined to have the vaccine because of recent infection or pregnancy, will be offered it again when “clinically appropriate”.
The last place in the city with more than two cases was
Winchester West, the area that includes Fulflood and Weeke, but that has changed. The latest information relating to Covid-19 was updated this afternoon and reports only three cases in two other parts of the district:
Whiteley, Knowle and Wickham and
Denmead and Southwick with just three cases each in the seven days to April 9, the most recent day for which localised figures are available. Twelve other areas have reported fewer than three cases in those seven days and are now marked white on the Government map, see below:
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