Latest figures show a dramatic rise in the number of early years settings who reported that they had one or more Covid cases at their nursery, pre-school, or childminding setting in the week before Christmas.
The Government’s latest figures on Covid-19 notifications by early years settings to Ofsted, show that the inspectorate received 3,697 reports of Covid-19 in settings on 20 December, up from 2,935 for the week of 13 December, and 1,601 for the week of 6 December.
The data is far higher than last winter’s peak of 2,357 reports in a week on the 8 January 2021. It was not until 22 November last year that this figure was topped when reports rose to 2,707 in a week.
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