WE are giving you updates on the Covid-19 situation in Harlow as the needs arise.

We are doing this because we want to give Harlow residents an accurate picture of where we are re Covid-19.

The report covers UK figures; Princess Alexandra Hospital figures; the Local Authority table which gives Harlow’s position out of 315 local authorities, as well as rate per thousand and the number of cases.

We have a dedicated Covid-19 channel which has over 1200 stories.

https://www.yourharlow.com/category/health-and-well-being/covid-19/

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Princess Alexandra Hospital

There have been four further deaths registered at PAH in Harlow.

The number of deaths is now 565

There are a reported 15-patients in the hospital.

There were 11 deaths in August.

There were 12 deaths in July

There were no deaths in June.

There were two deaths in May.

There were two deaths in April.

There were nine deaths in March.

There were 38 deaths in February.

That compares with 170 deaths in January.

Back on January 4th, there was 204 Covid in patients in over ten wards.

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Local Authority Details

The number of cases is 263 over the seven days stretching from August 25th to August 31st.

Over the last few weeks: 465, 449, 428, 383, 349, 354, 331, 300, 296, 270, 250, 236, 220, 255, 266, 257, 262, 264, 255, 251, 291, 296, 305, 311, 299, 344, 328, 305, 289, 282, 249, 262, 245, 246, 238, 218, 225, 242, 240, 229, 247 and 263.

Harlow had been fluctuating between 4 and 20 from April 5th to the middle of June but then rose again and rose sharply.

As you can see from above there are small fluctuations but the general trend is downwards.

For quite a while, the hospitalisation figure was low and it has remained at between ten and twenty.

Harlow is now 210th of 315 local authorities. It is the highest in Essex.

This still compares with the dark day of January 9th, when Harlow had 1327 cases and sat third out of 315 local authorities.

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First Vaccinations:

Under 18: 999

18-24: 4,4515

25-29: 4,069

30-34: 5,200

35-39: 5,578

40-44: 5,401

45-49: 4,980

50-54: 5,578

55-59: 5,518

60-64: 4,709

65-69: 3,831

70-74: 3,321

75-79: 2,376

80+: 3,720

Total: 59,795

Second Vaccination:

Under-18: 139

18-24: 2,673

25-29: 2,767

30-34: 4,248

35-39: 4,854

40-44: 4,950

45-49: 4,697

50-54: 5,356

55-59:5,351

60-64: 4,593

65-69: 3,750

70-74: 3,279

75-79: 2,322

80+: 3,583

Total: 52,562

Overall Total: 112, 357