More people are going into hospital with Covid, and more people are contracting Covid in hospital, according to a Salford health boss. The Government’s decision to scrap free lateral flow tests has been slammed by councillors as they received concerning statistics showing Covid hospital numbers rising.
Gillian McLauchlan, deputy director of public health, addressed the Health and Social Care Scrutiny Panel as she gave her Covid-19 update with grave news of increasing coronavirus cases and Covid-related hospital admissions. She echoed the words of her Wigan counterpart, professor Kate Ardern, who earlier in the week had similar news for the councillors in Wigan regarding Covid and scarlet fever.
According to the seven-day case rate data up to April 1, there were 1,467 cases of Covid in Salford. The current case rate per 100,000 people is 558.4.
