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23

Oct 2021

Health
Health

Harrogate district covid rate continues to decline

Published: 23 Oct 2021, 17:00 BST

by Suzannah Rogerson

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The district’s seven-day rate remains the highest in North Yorkshire at 667 cases per 100,000 but it is down on the 739 high it achieved a week ago.

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A further 127 coronavirus cases have been reported in the Harrogate district today, amid signs the infection rate may have peaked.

The district’s seven-day rate remains at 667 cases per 100,000, which remains the highest in the county but is below the 739 of a week ago.

The district with the second highest rate in North Yorkshire is Ryedale, at 607.

The North Yorkshire average is 535 and the England rate stands at 482.



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This week, schools in the district were encouraged to reintroduce face masks and postpone some activities after the district’s sharp rise in covid cases was linked to young people.