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Oct 2020
Harrogate district covid rate rises to 158 per 100,000
The Harrogate district's covid infection rate has risen to 157.9 per 100,000 people, it was revealed today.
The rate, which is based on a seven-day rolling average, is for the week to October 15.
It is marginally higher than the district's seven-day rolling rate of 154 per 100,000 in the seven days to October 10.
Dr Lincoln Sargeant, director of public health at North Yorkshire County Council, gave the figure at a meeting of the North Yorkshire Outbreak Management Advisory Board.
It means the district has the second highest rate of the seven district council areas in North Yorkshire behind Selby, where the rate is 160. Scarborough has the lowest rate at 90.
The figure for Greater Manchester is 432.5.
Another 28 further coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the Harrogate district in the past 24 hours, according to Public Health England.
It takes the total amount of cases in the district since the start of the pandemic to 1,720.
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Dr Sargeant said last week the main cause of spread of infection in the county was between households.
He added there had been “very, very few” infections spread between customers in pubs and hospitality.
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