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Aug 2021
Eighty-five covid cases reported in Harrogate district today as rate rises
A total of 123,672 people in the Harrogate district have received a first covid vaccine and 109,333 have had a second dose. More than four months have passed since a hospital death related to covid.
The NHS Test and Trace app has pinged more than 500,000 people across England, recent figures show.
Another 85 covid infections have been reported in the Harrogate district, according to latest Public Health England figures.
Harrogate District Hospital is currently treating seven patients for covid. However, no covid-related deaths have been reported at the hospital for four months.
The last time a death was recorded was on April 11.
It means the death toll at the hospital from covid since March 2020 remains at 179.
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The district’s weekly rate has increased slightly to 283 per 100,000 people.
The North Yorkshire rate stands at 267 and the England average is 307.
Officials in North Yorkshire warned this week the latest figure was still too high and that the wider health and social care sector faced “exceptional” levels of demand
Elsewhere, 123,672 people have received a first covid vaccine in the Harrogate district and 109,333 have had a second dose.
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