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Dec 2020
Just 16 new coronavirus infections in Harrogate district
The district's latest seven-day average rate of infection is now 93 per 100,000 people. This remains below the average for England and North Yorkshire.
The Harrogate district's daily coronavirus case figures remain low as just 16 new infections were confirmed by Public Health England today.
It takes the total number of infections in the district since the start of the pandemic to 3,741.
The latest seven-day average rate of infection, which is the rate up until December 4, stands at 93 per 100,000 people. It was 95 yesterday.
No further coronavirus deaths have been reported at Harrogate District Hospital. The total number of deaths remains at 104.
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It comes as the UK embarked on the biggest vaccination programme in history today.
Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother, was the first to receive the jab at University Hospital Coventry this morning.
Later today Sylvia Harris, an 80-year-old health worker became the first to be given the jab at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds, which is the nearest hospital to Harrogate to have received vaccines so far.
North Yorkshire has yet to be given the green light to offer the jabs.
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