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Sept 2021
Harrogate district reports 82 covid infections
The Harrogate district has reported another 82 covid infections, according to today’s Pubic Health England figures.
The district’s weekly infection rate now stands at 322 per 100,000 people, which is above the North Yorkshire rate of 296 and the England average of 291.
According to the latest figures, Harrogate District Hospital is treating 11 patients for covid.
The hospital has not recorded any covid deaths in the last 24 hours, according to NHS England statistics. However, two people have recently died at the hospital after testing positive for coronavirus.
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Those two deaths followed a four-month period at the hospital when it did not record any coronavirus deaths.
It means the number of people at the hospital who have died from covid since March 2020 stands at 181.
Elsewhere, 124,608 people have received a first covid vaccine in the Harrogate district and 114,696 have had a second dose.
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