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/

Princess Alexandra Hospital

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

The number of deaths is now 568

There are a reported 17-patients in the hospital.

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

There have been six deaths in September.

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 227 over the seven days stretching from September 6th to September 12th.

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, 278, 256, 237 and 227.

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: 1,190

18-24: 4,612

25-29: 4,129

30-34: 5,251

35-39: 5,602

40-44: 5,424

45-49: 4,992

50-54: 5,585

55-59: 5,523

60-64: 4,710

65-69: 3,834

70-74: 3,321

75-79: 2,376

80+: 3,720

Total: 60,269

Second Vaccination:

Under-18: 202

18-24: 3,460

25-29: 3,316

30-34: 4,555

35-39: 5,058

40-44: 5,019

45-49: 4,734

50-54: 5,382

55-59:5,363

60-64: 4,602

65-69: 3,758

70-74: 3,282

75-79: 2,324

80+: 3,585

Total: 54,630

Overall Total: 114,101