Leeds daily Covid infection rate rises in over 60s as cases drop only slightly

On Wednesday January 27, the Covid infection rate in Leeds was published as 293.8 cases per 100,000 people with a positivity rate of 12.1 per cent.

This was a slight drop from a rate of 295.7 cases per 100,000 people and a positivity rate of 12.4 per cent just the day before on January 26.

However, the rate in over 60s saw a daily rise between the two days.

The rate in over 60s on January 27 was recorded as 210.6 cases per 100,000 people, which is an increase from January 26 when the over 60s rate was recorded as 201.3 cases per 100,000 people.

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When announcing the rates, the CEO of Leeds City Council, Tom Riordan, has said that "almost 80,000 people have now had the first vaccine jab in Leeds".

On January 27, Mr Riordan tweeted: "Hope you’re having a good day.

"Leeds case rate down to 293.8 per 100k (from 295.7) & positivity down to 12.1%.

"Rates in over 60s are up to 210.6 though so please do stay in if you can and keep your distance.

"Best news is that almost 80,000 people have now had the 1st vaccine jab in Leeds."

The case numbers on January 26 were up on those on January 25, when the rate was at 274.2 cases per 100,000 people and positivity at 12.2 per cent.

The Council CEO did however say that "this may be partly due to people getting tested after heavy snow days the week before last", but that this was not a reason for relaxation as the "new UK variant is more widespread in the city".

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He tweeted on January 26: "Leeds case rate is back up to 295.7 per 100k (from 274) and positivity up a bit to 12.4%.

"This may be partly due to people getting tested after heavy snow days week before last.

"However the new UK variant is more widespread in the city and we all need to stay in and keep our distance."

The rate on January 25 was down from those on January 24 when the Leeds case rates were 277,4 cases per 100,000 people.

This was again a drop from January 23 when the case rate was 285.3 cases per 100,000 people.

There is evidence of a 2.98 per cent increase between the daily rates recorded on January 23 and the latest daily case rates on January 27.

Although the over 60s rate is up in today's (January 27) day-on-day recorded rates, the over 60s rate was 244 cases per 100,000 people on January 17, showing a 13.7 per cent decrease over the 10 day period.

The Covid infection rate fell for the first time since the start of the third national lockdown on January 11.

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Daily case rates summary as recorded by Tom Riordan, CEO of Leeds City Council:

January 27 - 293.8

January 26 - 295.7

January 25 - 274.2

January 24 - 277.4

January 23 - 285.3

January 22 - 287.7

January 21 - 285.3

January 20 - 291.2

January 19 - 294.4

January 18 - 318.4

January 17 - 317.2

January 16 - 310.0

January 15 - 322.8