Tier two restrictions inevitable at current rate of growth | Coronavirus update 15 October 2020

Telford & Wrekin Council sent this bulletin at 15-10-2020 07:00 PM BST

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Coronavirus update from

Telford & Wrekin Council

15 October 2020

Local Coronavirus cases in Telford and Wrekin for the week ending 11 October

Coronavirus infographic 11 October

For the week ending 4 October, in Telford and Wrekin there have been:

  • 144 people have been diagnosed with Covid-19
  • The number of cases in the borough has quadrupled over the last in 4 weeks
  • The seven day infection rate for Telford and Wrekin is 81 confirmed cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 of the population
  • This is 19 cases per 100,000 below the Government’s current trigger point for Tier 2 restrictions
  • For the West Midlands the average is 127 confirmed cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 of the population
  • For England the average is 157 confirmed cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 of the population
  • 6 cases relate to care homes
  • 15 cases relate to educational settings
  • 10 cases are students and may include students who are not borough residents
  • The remaining 113 people are in the community across the borough
  • A further 4 people diagnosed with Covid-19 have been admitted to hospital this week

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Graph of covid figures 11 October

Tier two restrictions inevitable at current rate of growth

Coronavirus costs lives - lets protect our friends and family

Telford and Wrekin’s cases have quadrupled in the last four weeks, although the rate of infection is still lower than the regional and national averages whose numbers also continue to rise rapidly.

We are now at a tipping point and if the virus continues to grow at this rate, it appears inevitable we will see the next tier of restrictions here.

Currently Telford & Wrekin are in the Medium Covid Alert Level – Tier 1.

The increasing infection rates are not restricted to younger people – older and more vulnerable people are now being infected as the virus spreads within families and communities.

In the past two weeks we’ve had two deaths from Covid-19 in the borough and our thoughts are with their friends and families at this time.

Please reduce the number of people outside your household that you meet – this will make a big difference in stemming the spread of the virus and protecting those most at risk.

Please reduce the number of people outside your household that you meet – this will make a big difference in stemming the spread of the virus and protecting those most at risk.

If you have any one of the key Coronavirus symptoms, stay at home, self-isolate and book a test.

If you test positive or are contacted by NHS Test and Trace, you must isolate.

We know that the majority of people are following the rules, and we thank you.

But the reality if cases increase at the current rate further restrictions are inevitable.

We must all pull together to keep our loved ones and vulnerable members of our communities safe.

we all need to play our part

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