Chesterfield Royal Hospital says beds are ‘almost full to capacity’ amid unprecedented demand on services across Derbyshire.
Joined Up Care Derbyshire issued the urgent call for the public’s help to make sure they can focus care on the most poorly patients.
It comes as figures reveal there were 88 patients at the Royal with the virus on March 29 – an increase from March 22, when that figure was 59.
Across the UK, there were 501,629 cases in the week ending March 31, a 17 per cent drop from the week before.
The wave, linked to the highly contagious Omicron sub-variant BA.2, is now subsiding in all regions of the UK, the data shows.
At neighbourhood level, Covid-19 case rates have been published for the week to March 31. The figures include people infected with Covid-19 for the first time as well as reinfections.
Here are the neighbourhoods in Chesterfield with the highest case rates right now:
It comes as figures reveal there were 88 patients at the Royal with the virus on March 29 – an increase from March 22, when that figure was 59.
5. Loundsley Green and Holme Hall
Loundsley Green had 834.6 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people in the latest week, a fall of 9.7 per cent from the week before. Image for illustration only. Photo: Google
6. Spital and Hasland
Spital and Hasland had 833.9 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people in the latest week, a fall of 29.2 per cent from the week before. Image for illustration only. Photo: Brian Eyre
7. Newbold
Newbold had 826.3 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people in the latest week, a rise of 10.5 per cent from the week before. Image for illustration only. Photo: Brian Eyre
8. New Whittington, Hollingwood and Barrow Hill
New Whittington had 824.2 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people in the latest week, a fall of 18.5 per cent from the week before. Image for illustration only. Photo: Google