Mask and sanitiser plea as Covid-19 cases rise in Walsall

People living in Walsall in the West Midlands are being urged to to wear masks and use sanitiser due to a rise Covid cases. Latest figures show there were 608 positive cases recorded in the seven days up to 10 July, a 4.6 per cent increase on the previous week. The current rate in the town is 221 per 100,000 population, lower than the national rate of 309.4. People must do all they can to protect themselves, public health bosses said. The total number of cases in the town is 96,296. Nearly 3.5 million people, or one in 18, has the virus - up from 2.7m, or one in 25, the week before. 'We continue to see a weekly increase in the number of positive cases in Walsall,' Stephen Gunther, Walsall's Director of Public Health said.