This week’s headlines, courtesy of Cambridgeshire County Council’s Public Health intelligence team.

• There have been 1,230 laboratory-confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Cambridgeshire – an increase of 34 since last week. The rate per 100,000 population is still less than the England average.
• East Cambridgeshire still has the lowest rate in the county, and Huntingdonshire the highest. However, cases in Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire and South Cambridgeshire in the week starting 1 June grew more rapidly than in the previous week.
• Almost half (49.6 per cent) of Cambridgeshire care homes have reported an outbreak – more than the average for the East of England. This figure varies between one-third of care homes in East Cambridgeshire, to four-fifths of care homes in Cambridge.
• 22 deaths related to Covid-19 occurred among Cambridgeshire residents in the week ending 29 May – 10 of these occurred in a care home. 10 of the 22 deaths occurred in Huntingdonshire, and one in East Cambridgeshire. 80 deaths from other causes occurred in the same period.
• Overall there have been 357 Covid-19 deaths in Cambridgeshire between 27 March and 29 May. 225 of these have been in hospital.
• There have been no Covid-19 related death notifications in care homes in Cambridgeshire since 2 June.