How has the Covid-19 virus spread in Yorkshire compared with the rest of England this summer?

Yorkshire and the North East had the second-highest number of hospitalised Covid patients in England, as of earlier this week.

There were 2,116 people in those two regions being treated in hospital with the virus on Tuesday according to figures from NHS England.

The only region to have more was the North West with 2,566 patients.

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The rate of hospitalisation in Yorkshire has skyrocketed since mid-September, when about 80 patients were being treated in hospitals each day.

Some politicians have blamed people not following the rules for the spreadSome politicians have blamed people not following the rules for the spread
Some politicians have blamed people not following the rules for the spread

The numbers of people in hospital are now increasing by about a quarter every week.

So how has it spread?

There are many factors for the increased spread of the disease and politicians both locally and nationally have blamed a range of factors, including people not following the guidance, the Government encouraging people to visit pubs and restaurants and the return of students to university.

All these factors could be at play in Yorkshire, which has a service-based economy and a large student population.

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Historians have warned that the second wave of the Spanish Flu, which occurred in 1918, was considerably more deadly than the first wave, and during the summer, many public health experts were concerned that a second wave of Covid-19 might mimic this pattern.

However, treatment for the disease has progressed rapidly and, though there are more hospitalisations than during the first wave, doctors know more about how to successfully treat coronavirus and there are fewer deaths.

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