At least 552 people in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, have been infected with the coronavirus since February That gives the small industrial town of 67,000 people on Furness peninsula a rate. Deprivation in parts of Barrow is deep-rooted; people in its poorest neighbourhood live on average 11 years less than those in its wealthiest borough. "These new measures are absolutely necessary if we are to avoid the level of infections seen in other parts of the country where local lockdowns have been introduced. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Healthcare in University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. of 15.0% ', Readers react to Barrow takeaway's new hygiene rating, Russia launches missile attacks on Ukraine, Explosion derails train in Russian border region, JP Morgan snaps up troubled US bank First Republic. Local summary for LA13 0AA | Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK - data 1,507 people had been given a booster or third dose by the end of 26 April 2023. Please report any comments that break our rules. The town has also had a higher than average infection rate, thought to be in part down to its preponderance of terraced housing, making up 55% of all homes in Barrow. Something went wrong, please try again later. And I have seen evidence that Government is sometimes paying more to buy the same product from those with political connections. But Barrow residents are now being "strongly advised" that those groups should involve people from no more than two households at any one time. . It comes as three cross-party MPs and the Good Law Project, a non-profit-making organisation, have launched legal action against the Government over its failure to disclose details of its spending on contracts related to the pandemic. It is a big worry, especially with the lockdown being released on Wednesday, said Lee Roberts, deputy leader of Barrow borough council, who complains he has not seen any data analysis looking into the figures. The advice will be in place for the next two weeks, after which it will be reviewed. Cumbria. (modern). beds with a mechanical ventilator on 26 April 2023. people use the service and make improvements. Get involved in exciting, inspiring conversations with other readers. Vaccinations in Barrow-in-Furness Vaccines are given in several doses. Quite how everyone else in Barrow got infected is not yet clear, according to Colin Cox, the director of public health for Cumbria. - Visitor restrictions at Furness General Hospital (already in place), - Visitor restrictions in care homes (from Monday) to minimise risk to vulnerable adults and people living with physical and/ or learning disabilities, - Restrictions on all non-essential visitors to schools (from Monday). 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A school leaders' union has said head teachers are increasingly frustrated about delays to the Covid-19 vaccination programme for 12- to 15-year-olds in schools at a time of rising pupil absences. been 86 deaths with COVID-19 on the death certificate. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please But that may soon change. In addition, in the Barrow Borough Council area people are now being strongly advised that groups of six should be limited to people from no more than two households at any one time. The number of cases in Barrow has risen to 34 from 23 in the past week, with the rate per 100,000 people at 50.7 in the week to 14 September. It comes after Public Health England changed the way it reported the figures from Friday. Their plan, which Plum said would set the councils direction for decades to come, includes replacing car parks with playgrounds, turning backstreets into a natural park and transforming the tired town centre into a Covent Garden-style bazaar of independent businesses run by local people. He has his own theories, such as high levels of deprivation among the densely packed terraces: Most of Barrow is very compact: 40 to 50% of Barrow is terraced housing and weve got a lot of flats, weve got a lot of deprivation, a lot of health inequalities.. The number of cases . Barrow-in-Furness has fewer visitors than the nearby Lake District, yet has one of the worst death rates outside London. Follow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Barrow BC - New 'six people, two households' advice issued as Covid-19 The daily figure is the highest the UK has seen since Monday, September 6, when 40,801 cases were reported. West Cumbria castle aims to be carbon zero. Using a 50,000 grant from the national lottery, Barrows New Constellation project brought together 15 local figures including a police officer, a tyre fitter, a GP and a port worker to come up with bold ideas to transform the towns fortunes. Barrow 0-1 Carlisle United. At least 552 people in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria have contracted Covid-19 since the outbreak began in February, according to Government data.. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. My hope is that it will not be necessary to keep it in place for longer.. Three new cases were officially recorded, a rise of one from two cases in the previous seven days. The company last month announced plans to hire 400 new trainees. Poverty and public-facing work are also risk factors that would leave Barrow exposed. The rate of testing in Barrow has been two to three times higher than in many other parts of the north-west, so that will explain a fair chunk of it, but I dont think it will explain all of it, said Cox. The daily figure is. Full data is available on www.cumbria.gov.uk/stopthespread. NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on May 18 was up from seven on the same day the previous week.
