COVID-19 Weekly Surveillance Report
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Northamptonshire COVID-19 Weekly Surveillance Report • 1,349 Northamptonshire residents have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last week - 20% higher than last week’s number • Mixing between households remains the greatest cause of transmission • The largest number of positive tests in the last week was found in 10 to 19 year olds, followed by 20 to 29 year olds • Locally the highest weekly rates are in South Northamptonshire (310.1 per 100,000) and Daventry (230.4 per 100,000) • All residents are being urged to take free twice weekly rapid lateral flow tests to reduce onward transmission • COVID-19 vaccinations are now available to everyone aged 18 years and over - both doses are required to give the best possible protection Data up to 11 July 2021 Four Step Roadmap On Monday 19 July Step 1 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 8-29 Changes Not before 17 May On Monday 19 July England will move to Step March on 29 March 12 April *Review of social distancing 4 which will mark a new phase in the Government’s Children back to Rule of 6 or 2 Opening of non- Most legal restrictions on meeting Government hopes to response to the pandemic, school/college households meet essential shops others outdoors will be lifted, be in a position to moving away from outdoors hairdressers, gyms, although gatherings of over 30 people remove all legal limits stringent restrictions on zoos, holiday will remain illegal. Indoors, the ‘Rule on social contact everyone’s day-to-day campsites and of 6’ or 2 households will apply lives, towards advising personal care If you are meeting friends and family, people on how to protect services you can make a personal choice on whether to keep your distance from themselves and others, them, but you should still be cautious alongside targeted interventions to reduce risk. Outdoor Outdoor activity Funerals up to 30 Most businesses in all but the highest Government hopes to recreation/ facilities open and mourners. risk sectors will be able to reopen reopen remaining exercise with one formally organised Weddings, premises, including person outside outdoor sports receptions and nightclubs, and lift the your household commemorative restrictions on large events 15 events and performances that apply in Step 3 Care home End of ‘stay at home’ Hospitality venues Up to 30 people will be able to attend residents – one rule but work from serve people weddings, receptions and wakes, as regular visitor home if can and no outdoors well as funerals holidays 2 Everything We Do Can Stop The Spread • It’s not too late to get jabbed. If you haven’t had your COVID-19 vaccine yet, you can pop along to one of a number of participating drop-in clinics taking place across the county this weekend where you can ‘Grab A Jab’ without an appointment. Another pop-up vaccination clinic is open on Saturday 17 July from 9am to 5pm in Market Square in Northampton town centre, as well as a host of other venues where people can get their first or second dose of the vaccine. Full details of drop-in availability can be viewed online at www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/covidvaccine. The Vaccination Centre in Moulton Park now offers drop-ins every day from 8am to 7.30pm. Drop-in time at other sites vary and people should check availability, opening hours and eligibility before visiting. Please bring along your NHS number if you have one, which you can easily find online at nhs.uk/nhs-services/online-services/find-nhs-number/ Anyone unable to attend a drop-in clinic can still book an appointment at existing local vaccination sites, either online at nhs.uk/coronavirus-vaccine, by calling 119 or by contacting their GP practice. • Take responsibility, take a test. Each time we leave the house and mix with others, we risk coming into contact with the virus. Around 1 in 3 people with coronavirus do not show symptoms and can therefore spread the virus to others without knowing. Testing regularly helps to reduce this risk, particularly before meeting people from outside your household. They are FREE so find your nearest pick-up point and get yours today, or order online for next day delivery. The County’s first mobile lateral flow device testing service will be on the road in the coming days. The unit will reach communities where take up of testing has been lower, educate visitors on how to use the lateral flow device tests correctly and provide a test kit to take away. • Assess each situation according to risk and be COVID Cautious and COVID Safe when around friends, family and your community. Now and in the coming months help to stop the spread of the virus: meeting in well-ventilated areas where possible such as outdoors or indoors with windows open, wearing a face covering where you come into contact with people you don’t normally meet on public transport and in enclosed and crowded spaces, washing your hands with soap and water or using hand sanitiser regularly throughout the day, covering your nose and mouth when you cough and sneeze, staying at home if unwell to reduce the risk of passing on other illnesses onto friends/family/colleagues and others in your community, and assessing individual risks, such as clinical vulnerabilities and vaccination status when mixing with others. 3 Legal Restrictions Lift on Monday 19th July 4 COVID-19 Testing I have symptoms = PCR Test • To find out more information about local PCR testing sites visit: Northamptonshire COVID-19 Testing Update. • Tests can be booked online at NHS COVID-19 or by calling 119. Home test kits can also be ordered subject to availability. • It is vital that when you leave the house to be tested you must go straight to the testing centre and return home immediately to self- isolate until you get your results. • Find out if you can claim financial support during self-isolation here. • For the full self-isolation guidance see here. • A self-isolation support pack for residents in North and West Northamptonshire can be found here. I don’t have symptoms = Free Rapid Lateral Flow Test • Everyone in Northamptonshire can access free, regular, rapid coronavirus testing. Test kits are available for home use or at test centres, some workplaces and schools. You can order home test kits on gov.uk and get home deliveries, or you can pick up test kits at pharmacies and other local sites. The test is called a Lateral Flow Test and involves a swab of the mouth and nose and provides a result within 30 minutes. • The aim of testing people who do not have COVID-19 symptoms is to identify those who may be infectious without having symptoms in order to reduce spread of the virus. If positive, the test means you are infectious and must start self-isolating at home immediately and complete 10 days of self-isolation, along with any household contacts. • The test does not tell you if you are COVID-free, so all COVID-secure measures must be exercised even if you get a negative result. You must continue to follow COVID guidelines and remember to wash your hands, wear a face covering where required and maintain a 2m distance from others regardless of the result. 5 Total and Weekly Summary A total of 53,481 positive cases have been identified in Northamptonshire to date. Of this number, 1,349 were identified in the last week, 5th to 11th July 2021. This graph shows the total number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Northamptonshire each week since 19th April 2021. Case volumes were low and generally speaking on a decreasing or plateauing trend from late April through to the end of May. There has been a sustained rise in cases since then, and in the last two weeks a notable spike in case volumes. This week’s case total represents an increase of 20% when compared to the previous week and is more than 4 times higher than that seen for the week of 7th June 2021. Please note that the latest week’s figures may increase, as data for the most recent days is subject to reporting delays. 6 Rates of Cases by Area The data in this table shows us what the total and most recent week’s positive COVID-19 case numbers for each area in Cumulative Rate per Compared to Compared to Northamptonshire would look like if they all had the exact same rate per 100,000 2 Northants rate England rate 2 Area population size (100,000). 100,000 to Jul to 8 Jul 2 Jul to 8 Jul Jul to 8 Jul 8 Jul 2021 2021 2021 2021 • Northamptonshire’s infection rate per 100,000 population for the most recent week up to 8th July is 176.4, a 53% increase Northamptonshire 7,030 176.4 - Sig lower compared to the previous week but still significantly lower than the national average (328.9). North Northamptonshire 6,738 152.5 Sig lower Sig lower Corby 8,570 148.2 Similar Sig lower • West Northamptonshire’s rate (197.0, a 64% increase compared to the previous week) is similar to Northamptonshire East Northamptonshire 5,650 166.1 Similar Sig lower average. North Northamptonshire’s rate (152.5, a 39% increase Kettering 6,303 111.0 Sig lower Sig lower compared to the previous week) is significantly lower than the Northamptonshire average. Both Unitaries are significantly Wellingborough 6,925 193.2 Similar Sig lower lower than the national average.