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Jan 2021
Harrogate district covid rate falls below 300 people per 100,000
The rate now stands at 290 per 100,000 people — well below the high of 497 on January 7. Another 60 infections were confirmed today by Public Health England.
The Coronavirus testing site on Dragon Road, Harrogate.
The Harrogate district's seven-day covid rate of infection has fallen below 300 people per 100,000 for the first time this year.
The rate now stands at 290 per 100,000 people — well below the high of 497 on January 7, according to North Yorkshire County Council figures.
It's the first time the rate has fallen below 300 since December 31.
The North Yorkshire average stands at 272 and the England rate is 447.
Meanwhile, a further 32 patients who tested positive for coronavirus have been discharged from Harrogate District Hospital.
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Latest figures from Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust show a total of 399 people have been discharged from the hospital since the start of the pandemic in March.
Statistics from the trust also reveal 41 patients are currently being treated for covid.
It comes as a further 60 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Harrogate district, according to today’s Public Health England data.
The number takes the total amount of cases since March last year to 6,223.
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