Vaccinations up and cases down );
THE coronavirus vaccination programme continues to gather pace.
The Bell Surgery in York Road, Henley, has given 2,889 vaccinations, representing just over a third of all its patients, while 277 have received a second dose. The Hart Surgery next door has given more than 3,000 jabs.
Goring and Woodcote’s joint medical practice has given 3,133 patients their first dose, with a 95 per cent uptake in the first four cohorts. Patients in group 6 are still being invited, although 70 per cent of these have now received a jab, with another 84 per cent in group 5. Virus cases in South Oxfordshire have fallen again. There were 77 new infections in the past seven days, compared with 82 the week before. The infection rate is now 54.2 cases per 100,000. In total, 162 people have now died within 28 days of a positive diagnosis, up by two, while 213 died with covid-19 listed as a cause.
Wokingham Town recorded seven cases and Lower Earley North recorded five. There were five confirmed cases in Arborfield Garrison, four in Sonning and Woodley and another four in Woodley East.
Confirmed cases in other areas of Wokingham:
Twyford East and Wargrave – 4
Crowthorne North – 3
Lower Earley South – 3
Barkham and Woosehill – 3 Spencers Wood and Swallowfield, Earley, Finchampstead, Wokingham North and Hurst and Wokingham East each recorded fewer than three cases. Public Health England states: “For smaller areas with fewer than three cases, we do not show data. This is to protect individuals’ identities.” Wokingham’s seven-day infection rate peaked at 607.2 cases per 100,000 people when the third national lockdown was announced on January 4.
Twyford East & Wargrave The rolling rate here is 410.8.
Wokingham North & Hurst A total of 34 cases have been recorded in this area, a 61.9 per cent increase last week (an additional 13 cases). The rolling rate here is 455.5.
Winnersh A total of 55 cases have been reported here, with a rise of 5.8 per cent in cases last week. The rolling rate is 532.1.
Southlake This area saw an 8.1 per cent increase in cases last week (three new cases), and has had a total of 40 cases in the area. The rolling rate for the Southlake area is 458.6.
Earley Earley has a total of 42 coronavirus cases reported, five of which were newly reported last week.