Scarborough, Ryedale, Hambleton and Richmondshire have longest spells without new coronavirus case in Yorkshire

Four Yorkshire areas are towards the top of the table for the longest spells in the UK without a new confirmed case of coronavirus, figures have revealed.

Scarborough has had no new cases recorded since July 3, a record that can only be bettered by the Isle of Wight, which has had no new cases since July 2, and West Devon, where the most recent case was recorded on June 26.

And while some areas in Yorkshire - such as Bradford and Kirkless - have continued to see high numbers of people testing positive for coronavirus, there are other Yorkshire areas which are showing as having some of the lowest.

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Ryedale has had no recorded cases since July 5 according to figures published by Public Health England. These figures include tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government’s testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two) up to July 24.

Scarborough has had no new confirmed cases of coronavirus since July 3.Scarborough has had no new confirmed cases of coronavirus since July 3.
Scarborough has had no new confirmed cases of coronavirus since July 3.

Because the figures are based only on recorded cases, there may have been people in these areas who had Covid-19 in recent days or weeks but were not detected – perhaps because they did not have a test, or they did not have any symptoms and so were unaware they had coronavirus.

As such, these areas cannot be described as being completely free from Covid-19.

But based just on the data available, they currently rank as places where no new cases are being recorded.

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Elsewhere, the North Yorkshire local authorities of Hambleton and Richmondshire each had one new case recorded on July 14 but none since.

Data on new confirmed cases of Covid-19 is published daily, so these numbers may change in forthcoming days.

Figures for the most recent three days – July 25 to 27 – have been excluded as they are incomplete and likely to be revised.

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