More people will be invited to get a PCR test from Tuesday, Kirklees Council says.
on 26 May, when council staff began visiting homes in Savile Town and Thornhill Lees to ask anyone over 11 to take a PCR test.
Latest BBC data shows week-on-week infection rates have decreased for Kirklees but increased slightly for Calderdale. About 7,000 additional PCR tests have been carried out in Kirklees since 26 May, with 171 new cases being identified as a result, the council added.Rachel Spencer-Henshall, Kirklees' public health director, said: "Thankfully our hospital admissions and deaths related to Covid-19 remain low, but we all have to do what we can to make sure this remains the case."
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