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Nov 2020
Just 23 covid infections today as R number falls to 0.8
The latest figures for the Harrogate district again show the virus is in retreat. Infection rates are lower than they are in North Yorkshire as a whole and England.
Harrogate district's daily coronavirus case rate has fallen to three.
Just 23 coronavirus infections for the Harrogate district have been announced today by Public Health England.
The figure is well below the record 95 that occurred on November 9 and continues the recent sharp downward trend.
In more good news, the district's R number, which refers to the rate of spread of the virus, has once again fallen, from 0.9 to 0.8.
It means every 10 people with covid will infect eight, so the virus is declining in the district as a whole.
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The seven-day average rate of infection has fallen to 128 per 100,000 people. It was over 300 three weeks ago.
The England average is 188 and the North Yorkshire average is 164.
Harrogate was placed in tier two restrictions today but this will be reviewed in two weeks time.
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