Covid-19 update: Virus cases rise sharply in Allerdale and how our services are affected

Covid-19 infections rise sharply in Allerdale

The latest data for the week ending 1st January shows the number of new Covid-19 infections has increased from the previous week across all Cumbrian districts. Here's a summary of the latest report:

• There have been 2,513 new cases reported in Cumbria during this period, up from 1,093 cases in the previous week, which is an increase of 1,420 (+130%).

• In Allerdale (for the same time period) there were 439 new cases reported, which is 262 more than the previous week (+148%).

• Carlisle, Eden and Allerdale’s rates were above the regional average rate (North West = 419 new cases per 100k population);

• The 15-29 and 30-44 age groups accounted for the joint greatest numbers of new cases in Cumbria, followed closely by the 45-59 age group.

• The number of new patients admitted with Covid-19 positive status in North Cumbria Integrated Care (NCIC) has doubled from the previous week and the average number of patients with Covid-19 in beds in NCIC has increased substantially.

The latest Covid-19 situation report can be found on the Cumbria County Council website by clicking below.

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How council services are affected by the lockdown

There's a few changes to our services due to the national lockdown, in particular to our markets, our leisure centres/sites and the customer services department.

You can see a round-up of the changes by clicking the link below. However, residents are urged to continue to keep up to date with any further changes via the council’s website at www.allerdale.gov.uk/coronavirus as well as on the council’s Twitter and Facebook feeds.

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Look after your mental health

As England enters a third national lockdown to control the spread of a new variant of Covid-19, north and west Cumbria's mental health trust - Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW) - are reassuring the public that NHS mental health and learning disability services across the area are still available. You can read more about their services on their website.

The trust has also compiled an informative article titled: 10 things we’ve learned about looking after your mental health during lockdown. You can read the article by clicking the link below.

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Outpatient appointments suspended

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is suspending most outpatient appointments from today (January 8) unless it is urgent. 

As the number of patients with Covid-19 continues to increase in the trusts hospitals, the difficult decision has been made to suspend outpatient clinics at the Cumberland Infirmary, West Cumberland Hospital and community sites.

Urgent appointments will still go ahead and will be assessed on a case by case basis. This will be for a period of two weeks and reviewed on a weekly basis. This will enable us to redeploy medical staff to the wards where extra support is required at this time.

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