Doncaster coronavirus death toll passes 400 as FIFTEEN more deaths recorded

Fifteen more coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Doncaster, meaning the town’s death toll has now leapt past more than 400.
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Newly released NHS figures show 15 fatalities were recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total for Doncaster to 412.

Yesterday, the figure was 397.

However, due to delays in reporting and registering Covid-19 deaths, it does not mean the 15 deaths listed in today’s figures by Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust necessarily occurred in the last 24 hours.

Doncaster Royal Infirmary.Doncaster Royal Infirmary.
Doncaster Royal Infirmary.
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Despite the increasing number of deaths, the number of infections and hospital admissions in Doncaster is continuing to fall.

The most recent figures from Public Health England, published yesterday show that new virus infections in the town are dropping.

Doncaster had a sharper fall in the average rate of new virus infections, with an average of 364.9 cases per 100,000 people in the seven days to November 13 which reduced to a 253.3 new infections in the week ending November 20.

The town went from 1,138 new positive tests in the previous week to a total of 790 cases in the seven days to November 20.

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The average Covid-19 infection rate is dropping across South Yorkshire, with Rotherham, Sheffield and Barnsley also seeing a reduction in the number of cases up to November 20.

Doncaster’s death figures relate to fatalities recorded in the Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust’s three hospitals – Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Mexborough’s Montagu Hospital and Bassetlaw Hospital, which is in Worksop.