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'Lockdown works' - Dorset County Hospital Chief Medical Officer

The Chief Medical Officer at Dorset County Hospital, Alastair Hutchison, has told Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Solent there's been a 'substantial increase' in the number of Covid cases in Dorset Hospitals in the last 7-10 days.

Across the county, the coronavirus case rate more than doubled in the final week of 2020.

The latest data shows the case rate (per 100,000 people) In the Dorset council is 260, whilst in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP Council) it's 500.

Chief Medical Officer at Dorset County Hospital, Alastair Hutchison, spoke to Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Solent's Dorset breakfast show presenter Steve Harris.

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