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03
Feb 2021
A further 44 covid cases confirmed in Harrogate district
The Harrogate district's covid rate has dipped slightly to 180 people per 100,000. Health chiefs said today cases in care homes 'remain static'.
A further 44 covid cases have been confirmed in the Harrogate district today by Public Health England.
It takes the total number of cases since March to 6,760.
The district’s seven-day rate has dropped slightly to 180 people per 100,000 people.
The North Yorkshire average is 160 while the England rate stands at 256.
Killinghall and Hampsthwaite remains the worst-hit sub-district, with 35 infections in the last seven days.
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Meanwhile, Harrogate District Hospital has recorded another death of a patient who tested positive for coronavirus.
The covid death toll at the hospital now stands at 133. NHS England figures show the death was reported yesterday.
Elsewhere, Richard Webb, director of adult care at North Yorkshire County Council, said today case figures in care homes "remain static".
Of the 235 care settings in the county, which includes care homes and extra care facilities, 77 have one or more positive covid cases.
Fifty-six have outbreaks, which is classed as two or more, while 114 staff and residents have covid.
The number of large outbreaks, defined as 10 or more cases, have decreased from nine to three in the past week.
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