Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2022 on Mortality Rates: Coronavirus, what specific observations he has made of the (a) infection, (b) hospitalisation and (c) mortality rates relating to covid-19 in York.

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in York Upper Tier Local Authority was highest in January 2022 and has since declined. Data on COVID-19 hospitalisation rates in York is not available in the format requested. Since early 2021, deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test have remained low in York, averaging less than one death per day. This is consistent with England as a whole.