Assistant Director – Commissioning, Performance and Transformation
Minutes:
The Assistant Director - Adult Social Care provided a verbal update on the ongoing response to the Covid-19 pandemic, specifically in relation to care providers.
It was reported that cases of Covid in Darlington were reducing rapidly, and that the day rate was now 432 cases per 100,000 of the population, which represented a reduction of 38.8% on the previous week. It was noted that testing was also reducing with 868 tests reported on the 19 February 2022, which demonstrated a 10.2% reduction when compared with the previous seven days.
Members were advised that Covid vaccination uptake continued to improve, with 85.5% of all eligible residents having received a first dose, 80.4% having received a second dose and 64% having received the ‘booster’.
It was reported that there were 92 hospital admissions with coronavirus between 7 February 2022 and 13 February 2022, which showed a decrease of 33.3% when compared with the previous seven days, and that the number of Covid in-patients on 21 February was 78 patients in hospitals across County Durham and Darlington, which represented a 20% reduction compared with 15th February 2022. There was a total of three patients with Covid in ICU across the County Durham and Darlington hospitals.
The Assistant Director - Adult Social Care informed Members that there had been three deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test between14 February 2022 and 20 February 2022 in Darlington. This demonstrated a decrease of 25.0% when compared to the previous seven days.
In terms of Care Homes, it was reported that 19 were in outbreak status, with six closed to all admissions and nine accepting admissions following a dynamic risk assessment. Four Care Homes were not currently in outbreak. Members were advised that occupancy levels were up to 83.01%, and that there were 108 beds available across settings.
It was reported that the level of infections in the Council’s two primary providers (Springfield and Careline) was easing significantly, especially amongst staff.
Members entered into discussion on the value of receiving continued verbal updates in light of the improving situation.
RESOLVED – That the content of the update be noted.