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 one further deaths registered at PAH in Harlow.

The number of deaths is now 566

There are a reported 17-patients in the hospital.

This figure may well be the key one for the local authorities

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 278 over the seven days stretching from September 1st to September 7th.

Over the last six 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, 263, 268, 296, 287, 276 and now 278.

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

At the moment, it is hard to see a situation when there are less than 200 cases.

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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Vaccinations

First Vaccinations:

Under 18: 1,129

18-24: 4,576

25-29: 4,106

30-34: 5,236

35-39: 5,591

40-44: 5,415

45-49: 4,987

50-54: 5,583

55-59: 5,522

60-64: 4,710

65-69: 3,832

70-74: 3,321

75-79: 2,376

80+: 3,720

Total: 60,104

Second Vaccination:

Under-18: 189

18-24: 3,223

25-29: 3,156

30-34: 4,463

35-39: 4,978

40-44: 4,966

45-49: 4,720

50-54: 5,374

55-59:5,361

60-64: 4,596

65-69: 3,754

70-74: 3,280

75-79: 2,322

80+: 3,585

Total: 53,997

Overall Total: 114,101