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Mar 2021
17 covid cases confirmed in Harrogate district today
The Harrogate district's seven-day covid rate stands at 39 infections per 100,000 people. Meanwhile, health bosses in North Yorkshire have insisted that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is safe.
A further 17 covid cases have been confirmed in the Harrogate district, according to Public Health England figures.
It takes the total number of infections since March to 7,478.
Meanwhile, the district’s seven-day covid rate stands at 39 per 100,000 people. The national average is 58, while the North Yorkshire rate is 48.
No further deaths have been reported at Harrogate District Hospital.
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- North Yorkshire health chief: Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is safe
The number of covid patients at the hospital has fallen to 13 - nine fewer than the 22 last week.
In other covid news today, North Yorkshire's health bosses have insisted that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and urged people to continue to come forward for their jabs when invited.
It was also announced that more than 188,000 people in North Yorkshire have now received their first coronavirus jab and 13,000 their second.
More than 50,000 of those have been delivered at Harrogate’s mass vaccination centre at the Great Yorkshire Showground.
Those who are currently being called up for their vaccine include over 50s and those with underlying health conditions between 16 and 60-years-old.
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