Northamptonshire COVID-19 Weekly Surveillance Report Due to continued increasing cases of COVID-19 Northampton, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough residents are being asked to follow local guidance to protect the local community and reduce transmission rates. The borough’s of Corby and Kettering are now on the Government COVID-19 watchlist as ‘areas of concern.’ The borough of Northampton has been moved from an ‘area of intervention’ to an ‘area of enhanced support.’ Data up to 30 August 2020 Northampton, Corby and Kettering • The government has announced today (Friday 4th September 2020) that the boroughs of Corby and Kettering have been added to its COVID-19 watch list as ‘areas of concern’ due to recent increase in case numbers in both local authority areas. The borough of Northampton is to be moved from an ‘area of intervention’ to an ‘area of enhanced support’. • Over the last seven days we have seen a significant increase in the number of cases of Coronavirus in the boroughs of Corby and Kettering. A combination of factors have led to a rise in the daily incidence rate per 100,000 population and an increase in the percentage of tests turning positive. • Incidence rates in the borough of Northampton have seen a significant decrease since last week, with the figures for the week ending 30th August showing 19.5 cases per 100,000 people. This confirms that the spike seen in the previous week was largely due to the Greencore UK Northampton outbreak and that incidence rates are starting to return to the levels seen prior to this. However, the rates in Northampton still remain the highest across the county and therefore measures remain in place for this borough. 2 Public Health Measures • We continue to urge all residents of Northampton, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough to follow additional behavioural measures to avoid a local lockdown (see slide 4). • We are telling Northamptonshire residents that all events, celebrations and social gatherings with large groups should be avoided. Public Health Northamptonshire, Environmental Health officers and Northamptonshire County Council will use enforcement powers to stop large gatherings identified as posing a risk to health if necessary. • Multi team sports gatherings and tournaments across Northamptonshire have been paused for a further two weeks from Wednesday 27th August. We thank Northamptonshire residents for supporting us in taking these actions. • We continue to restrict visiting times at care homes. • We are reminding residents to wear face coverings while on public transport and in enclosed public spaces and if they must car share, to wear a face covering and have all the windows down. • We are asking recruitment agencies to keep workers associated with one particular organisation to avoid cross contamination. 3 Northampton, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough Residents Must: Act Now • Keep 2 metres from others at all times • Limit contact with anyone outside of your household or bubble • If you must meet those outside of your household or bubble, meet in an outdoor space • Do not share items with others outside of your household or bubble • If social distancing at 2 metres is not possible, always use a face covering • Avoid using public transport or car sharing - wear face coverings if you must travel with others • Wash your hands regularly and thoroughly for 20 seconds each time • Work from home if you can 4 All Northamptonshire Residents Must: In Northamptonshire we are a team of nearly Test, Trace and Isolate 750,000 people – we must work together to • If you are concerned in any way or have protect each other COVID-19 symptoms, however mild, do not go to work, either work from home or report We all need to continue to protect ourselves and sick, self-isolate and get a test. each other by following the social distancing • If you have COVID-19 symptoms, stay at guidelines, washing hands regularly for 20 home, self-isolate and get a test. seconds, wearing a face covering on public • Even if you only have mild COVID-19 transport / in enclosed spaces and complying with symptoms, get a test. track and trace measures. • If you are contacted by test and trace and asked to self-isolate, stay at home for 14 days. If you’re told you’ve been in close contact with • Details of all testing facilities across the someone who has tested positive, you must county are updated daily and can be found isolate for 14 days to protect others. If you have here. symptoms, however mild, isolate immediately and https://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/corona book a test at nhs.uk/coronavirus virus-updates/Pages/coronavirus-testing-in- northamptonshire.aspx 5 Total and Weekly Summary A total of 4,385 positive cases have been identified in Northamptonshire to date. Of this number, 145 were identified in the last week, 24th – 30th August 2020. • Pillar 1 (testing in hospitals for staff and patients and outbreaks in care homes*) | 2,041 total | 3 in the last week. • Pillar 2 (testing in the community, including mobile testing units) | 2,344 total | 142 in the last week. This graph shows the number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Northamptonshire each week since 8 June 2020. There has been an increasing trend over the last seven weeks with a spike in cases in the week of 10th August, driven largely by the outbreak at the Greencore factory in Northampton. Cases have decreased in the last week but still remain high compared to June. * Please note that the privately commissioned tests at Greencore UK Northampton have been logged as Pillar 1 in the national data. 6 Total Cases by Age and Gender These graphs show the number of positive test results for COVID-19 in Northamptonshire by gender and by ten-year age band. Pillar 1 positive tests (left) shows cases in hospital settings, amongst NHS front line staff and in care home outbreaks. The age range reflects the ages of patients who are admitted to hospital, are residents in care homes or who work in a front line NHS or care settings. The recent Greencore tests were recorded as Pillar 1 because they were undertaken privately. Pillar 2 positive tests (right) shows cases amongst key workers and the wider general public. This table shows a more even spread of age ranges. • The largest proportion of those showing positive from Pillar 2 testing is females between 20-59 and males aged 30-59. This age group is traditionally the working population and some of the more mobile groups in our community. Many do not show COVID-19 symptoms. • There has also been an increase in cases in the 20-29 year-old age group more recently. • The population pyramid on the left detailing Pillar 1 cases shows a larger number of cases in the age groups over the age of 60. We know that these cases largely come from care settings. 7 Total Cases by District and Borough This table shows the total number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 up to 30 Aug 2020 in each of Northamptonshire’s seven districts and boroughs. The county as a whole is showing a decrease in cases from the previous week. However Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering and South Northamptonshire are showing an upward trend compared with figures presented last week. Please note that caution must be applied when viewing week on week changes. The figure for Northampton may have gone down, but the rate still remains high. To see the overall changes in areas in context please see slide 12. 8 Total Cases to Date by District and Borough The data in this table shows us what the total positive COVID-19 case numbers for our districts and boroughs Rate per Compared to Compared to would look like if each area had the exact same population Area 100,000 county rate England rate size (100,000). This helps us to compare geographic areas with different Northamptonshire 586.5 - Sig higher sized populations more accurately, and also helps to compare individual areas with local, regional and national Corby 601.5 Similar Sig higher averages. Daventry 365.7 Sig lower Sig lower East Northamptonshire 480.3 Sig lower Similar In most cases, district and borough infection rates per 100,000 population are similar or significantly lower than Kettering 681.4 Sig higher Sig higher the national average but in Corby, Kettering and Northampton 794.6 Sig higher Sig higher Northampton they are significantly higher. South Northamptonshire 327.5 Sig lower Sig lower This week the case rate across Northamptonshire Wellingborough 524.7 Similar Similar continues to be significantly higher than the England rate † England rate from https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ on 30.08.20 and therefore all Northamptonshire residents must remain vigilant. *Please note that the table shows rates since the start of the pandemic and the word significant is a statistical term which simply means that the research is valid. 9 Cumulative Cases by District and Borough This graph shows the total number of COVID- 19 positive cases added together since the start of the pandemic, across each of our seven districts and boroughs. 10 Rate of Daily Lab Confirmed Cases This graph includes Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 data. It shows that we still have higher overall rates in Northamptonshire compared to the England average. Northampton and Wellingborough have recently shown a decrease in rates of cases. However, Corby and Kettering have shown an increase in rates of cases in recent days. *These are 7-day rolling averages of numbers of cases as a rate per 100,000 population – this is done to even out the fluctuations we see in testing volumes on weekdays vs weekends.