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Feb 2021
Coronavirus case rates drop but Harrogate records another death
Cases in the Harrogate district have remained around the 20 mark for much of the last month and even lower in the last week. It means that the seven-day rate has dropped.
Harrogate District Hospital has recorded another coronavirus death but the case rates have dropped even further in the Harrogate district.
The latest death, which happened on Wednesday but was reported today, takes the hospital to 159 coronavirus deaths.
A further 18 people tested positive for the virus in the Harrogate district today. The total number of cases in the district is now up to 7,280.
Cases in the Harrogate district have remained around the 20 mark for much of the last month and even lower in the last week.
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Those dropping numbers of cases has meant that the district's seven-day case rate is now at 75 per 100,000 people.
That is below the England average of 102 per 100,000 but just above the North Yorkshire average of 72 per 100,000.
It comes as Knaresborough's vaccine centre opened today. Depending on supply, it can give out 1,200 jabs in a day.
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