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Jul 2021
Harrogate East and Killinghall and Hampsthwaite among covid hotspots
Harrogate East, Killinghall and Hampsthwaite and Starbeck are the Harrogate district's current covid hotspots after another 76 infections were recorded today.
The three locations have registered 54, 47 and 46 respectively in the last seven days, which have seen rates soar but hospitalisations remain low and more than three months have passed without a covid-related death at Harrogate District Hospital.
The last reported covid death at the hospital was on April 11. It means the death toll remains at 179.
Meanwhile, a total of 218,532 covid vaccines have been given in the Harrogate district, according to latest Public Health England figures.
A total of 120,440 people have had a first dose and 98,092 have received a second vaccine.
Elsewhere, the district’s seven-day covid rate of infection has increased to 410 people per 100,000.
The North Yorkshire average is 355 and the England rate is 345.
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- Map shows second covid vaccine rate in Harrogate district
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