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Oct 2020
Another 35 coronavirus cases in Harrogate district
The figure is likely to be inflated due to an IT error at Public Health England, which saw 16,000 cases go unreported. It brings the total number of cases in the Harrogate district since the start of the pandemic to 1,196.
A further 35 coronavirus cases have been reported in the Harrogate district in the last 24 hours.
Latest Public Health England figures released today show the total number of cases in the district since the start of the pandemic has increased to 1,196.
Across North Yorkshire as a whole, 115 daily cases were also confirmed today.
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The weekly case rate county-wide stands at 88.7 per 100,000 people, according to the public body NHS Digital.
It comes as an IT error left 15,841 cases between September 25 and October 2 unreported across the UK.
The technical issue meant daily figures were higher than first reported. In Harrogate, 67 cases were confirmed on Sunday after the error was fixed.
Public Health England said those who tested positive had been informed. But those who had come into close contact with them were not.
A notice on the PHE coronavirus statistics page added:
“This means the total reported over the coming days will include some additional cases from the period between September 24 and October 1.”
Have you had experience of track and trace? Have you been contacted through the app or experienced delays related to the computer errors this weekend? We would like to hear from you. Contact us on Facebook or e-mail contact@thestrayferret.co.uk.
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