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09
Oct 2020
35 more coronavirus cases in Harrogate district
A further 35 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Harrogate district, according to latest Public Health England figures.
It takes the total number of cases in the district since the start of the pandemic to 1,337. The weekly case rate for the district stands at 120.6 per 100,000 population.
Meanwhile, county-wide a further 92 cases were confirmed, taking the total infections in North Yorkshire to 4,753.
It comes as North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum, which is a partnership of agencies that tackle emergencies, warned the county is at a “tipping point” amid increased cases earlier this week.
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Officials from the resilience forum expect Craven to be added to the government’s watchlist today after the district’s weekly case rate stands at 152.3.
Scarborough and Selby were added to the watchlist last month as “areas of concern”, but officials said the case rates in both districts have since decreased.
Dr Lincoln Sargeant, director of public health at North Yorkshire County Council, urged people to stick to the rules in order to keep cases down this weekend.
He said:
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