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Dec 2020
Just 11 coronavirus cases in Harrogate district
Case rates in the Harrogate district remain more than double those in tier one areas. So far, the Public Health England figures for the district total 3,939 since early March.
The Coronavirus testing site on Dragon Road, Harrogate.
The Harrogate district has recorded just 11 more coronavirus cases in the daily figures today.
It is one of the lowest daily increases since the second wave of the pandemic but remains above the cases reported in tier one areas.
So far, the Public Health England figures for the district total 3,939 since early March.
Harrogate District Hospital has not reported any further coronavirus deaths since December 12. On that day the hospital reached 106 deaths.
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The seven-day average rate of cases for the district is at 93 per 100,000. For North Yorkshire, the number is 116. Scarborough has the highest rates in the county at 214.
The Harrogate district learned this week that it will remain in tier two after the first government review of the national tier rules.
Tier rules are based on factors such as infection rates, particularly in the over 60s, and pressure on hospitals.
Case rates in the Harrogate district remain more than double those in tier one areas.
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