THE deaths of three people with Covid were reported in the South Somerset area in the week to yesterday (Saturday, January 15).

A total of 4,007 tests for coronavirus were reported on Friday (January 14), taking the seven-day total of tests in the district from Saturday January 8 to 38,472 tests.

A total of 165 new confirmed cases were recorded in the district yesterday, taking the weekly total to 1,448, a drop of 32.3 per cent on the previous seven days.

Vaccine figures for South Someset show:

  • 140,647 people had been given a first dose by the end of January 14;
  • 132,417 people had been given a second dose by the end of January 14;
  • 109,851 people had been given a booster or third dose by the end of January 14.

Across the whole of the South West, 124 people with coronavirus went into hospital on Thursday (January 13).

Between January 7-13, 915 people were admitted to hospital in the region, a drop of 3.5 per cent compared to the previous seven days.

There were 924 patients in hospital with coronavirus yesterday (January 15), 27 of them on a mechanical ventilator.