Doncaster reaches another grim milestone as Covid death toll reaches 450

Doncaster has reached another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic after the town’s death toll reached 450.
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Newly released NHS England figures this afternoon show that one further death was recorded at Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Teaching Hospitals Trust in the last 24 hours to reach the latest total.

However, yesterday health bosses said the number of admissions to the region’s hospital has remained broadly stable.

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Bosses at Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, which runs the area’s three hospitals, described the situation as ‘positive news’ in its weekly update on the coronavirus situation in Doncaster.

Doncaster Royal Infirmary.Doncaster Royal Infirmary.
Doncaster Royal Infirmary.

In a statement, released on Facebook, a spokesman said: “We have some more positive news this week as the number of COVID-19 patients we are providing care for continues to remain broadly stable rather than continuing to rise.

"We are currently providing care for 149 patients, 13 of which require intensive care. We have also seen a slight drop in daily COVID-19 related admissions, and long may this continue.

Meanwhile, in his weekly update on the coronavirus situation in Doncaster, Dr Rupert Suckling, the town’s Director of Public Health, has said that the town’s infection rate now stands at just over 200 per 100,000 people – with a further drop expected in the coming days.

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He said: “Good news is that our infection rate in the borough continues to fall – from 21st to 27th November, our rate was 203.6 infections per 100,000 people and I expect that to continue to fall further over the next few days.

“Thank you for helping to reduce the rate.”