Cases of covid-19 fall in Fenland - but there's a slight rise in number of schools affected

The number of schools in Fenland affected by covid-19 is up slightly on last week but the total number across the county has fallen.

Latest figures released by Cambridgeshire County Council today (Tuesday) showed six Fenland schools have had a confirmed case in the week beginning November 23 - up one from the previous week.
However, there were 86 schools out of the county's 335 that had outbreaks of the virus in the same week - that's 14 lower than the previous week.

The number of staff and pupils self-isolating had also fallen from 182 staff and 1,526 pupils to 151 and 1,417 respectively in Cambridgeshire. In Peterborough the figures were 94 and 1,245.