Updated
The number of patients being treated for Covid has nearly halved from last week.
A total of eight people with coronavirus are now being cared for at Pinderfields Hospital, it was revealed on Monday. It marks a fall from 14 this time last week.
The news comes as hugging between friends was relaxed today,
And around
1,600 fans will be allowed in to watch Featherstone Rovers play tonight.
The local case rate for the seven days up until May 12 has also fallen to 41.3 cases per 100,000 people. The previous week the figure stood at 54.8.
Wakefield s director of public health Anna Hartley said: Infection rates have decreased ever so slightly this week but we still have a high rate of infection.
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