Issue - meetings
URGENT MATTERS
Meeting: 29/06/2021 - Cabinet (Item 3)
URGENT MATTERS
Notice of
items which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be considered at the meeting
as a matter of urgency pursuant to Section 100B(4) of the
Local Government Act 1972.
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Corporate Director: Communities provided an overview of
the current situation with regard to Covid-19.
Minutes:
The Corporate Director: Communities provided an overview of
the current situation with regard to Covid-19 in Denbighshire. As of mid-June Wales had seen an increase in
cases and positivity rates. England had
already seen several weeks of rapid growth and as with previous waves of coronavirus
Wales was some two weeks behind. The
increase had been highest in young people who had not yet been vaccinated and
typically had more social interaction.
It was uncertain how much the vaccination programme had broken the link
between infection, hospitalisation and death and it would be 2/3 weeks before
the trajectory of the virus became known.
Denbighshire’s rolling weekly case rate was 104.5 per 100,000 population
(an increase of 27% on the previous week) and above the Welsh average of 53.1,
with five of the six North Wales local authorities above the Welsh
average. Denbighshire had started to see
increases of positive cases in care homes and schools which was expected to
continue and due to a data lag the recent figures were expected to be an
underestimation of the current position.
Members would be kept informed on the continuing situation.