County on course for vaccine successes as data 'very clear' Cumbria has passed the second Covid peak
POSITIVE INDICATIONS: Peter Rooney, chief operations officer at the North Cumbria CCG (left) and Cumbria’s public health director, Colin Cox (right)
Cumbria's public health director has welcomed the "very clear" indication that Cumbria is "past the peak" of the second wave of coronavirus.
Presenting a detailed overview of the recent progress in fighting Covid-19 to Cumbria County Council's Health and Wellbeing Board, Colin Cox explained yesterday that "things are moving in the right direction", according to the most recent data.
Based on the latest available statistics on new Covid-19 cases, Mr Cox declared that it is now "very clear" that Cumbria, like the rest of the country, is "past the peak" of the second coronavirus wave.