Health boss warning over rise in East Yorkshire Covid cases

Coronavirus cases are expected to increase in East Yorkshire over the coming weeks, a council meeting heard. East Riding Council's Public Health Director Andy Kingdom said more people were getting coronavirus as their vaccine protection began to fade. He added that hospital admissions and deaths were expected to rise by mid-July, but the size of the wave would be smaller than previous ones. The county's current infection rate is estimated at around 2%. 'We're expecting more waves but they won't be as big because of our levels of immunity, Mr Kingdom said. 'Infections are rising in working-age groups because they had their third jabs in around November and December so the effectiveness is beginning to wane.