Leeds coronavirus rate rises in past week

The figures, for the seven days to August 25, are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government’s testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).

The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.

Data for the most recent three days (August 26-28) has been excluded as it is incomplete and likely to be revised.

The list has been calculated by the PA news agency and is based on Public Health England data published on August 28 on the Government’s coronavirus online dashboard.

In Leeds, the rate in the week leading to August 25 was 25.6, with a total of 203 new cases.

This is in contrast to the seven days leading up to August 18, where the rate was 17.7 with a total of 140 cases.

It has now been more than two weeks since a coronavirus death at Leeds hospitals, according to latest figures.

There have been 339 deaths from coronavirus in Leeds hospitals according to Public Health figures.

However, the last death was recorded on a daily update released on August 13.

A total of 2,918 deaths have been recorded in Yorkshire from the virus.

NHS England and NHS Improvement publish the number of patients who have died in hospital and tested positive for Covid-19 in England.

Since April 28, NHS England and NHS Improvement also reports the number of patient deaths where there has been no Covid-19 positive test result, but where Covid-19 is documented as a direct or underlying cause of death on part 1 or part 2 of the death certification process.

This change has been introduced for deaths that occurred on April 24 and subsequently.

This means the NHS England and NHS Improvement data collection provides information on all Covid-19 related (suspected and confirmed) deaths in England hospitals.

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