THERE have been four further deaths related to Covid-19 recorded at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust hospitals.

The data from NHS England shows that the total number of deaths related to the virus in the York trust is now 370. The trust includes York and Scarborough hospitals.

Meanwhile, latest figures by Public Health England show there have been 20 new confirmed cases in Ryedale, and its rolling seven-day rate per 100,000 population is now 155.3. Scarborough recorded 62 new cases and has a rolling seven-day rate of 208.7.

It comes as Ryedale prepares to move into Tier 3 from midnight.

The figures below show (in this order) - the district, number of cases in the past seven day, the seven day rate per 100,000 population, and the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic.

Ryedale - 86, 155.3, 999

Scarborough - 227, 208.7, 3,881  

City of York - 495, 235, 7,039

North Yorkshire - 1,029, 166.5, 17,172

East Riding of Yorkshire - 551, 161.5, 12,091

Nationally, there have been 50,023 new cases and 981 deaths.