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Sept 2020
12 new covid cases in Harrogate district
A further 12 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the Harrogate district in the last 24 hours.
It is the highest daily increase for just over a week.
Today's figures from Public Health England take the total number of cases in the district since the start of the pandemic to 945.
The North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum, which is a partnership of agencies tacking emergencies in the county, said today the Harrogate district had a weekly rate of 24 covid cases per 100,000 people up to September 20.
By comparison, the weekly rate for the same timeframe across the county as a whole was 26 per 100,000 population.
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Further restrictions, including a 10pm curfew for pubs, were announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday to tackle the increase in infections.
Last week, North Yorkshire declared a major incident amid an increase in cases in the county.
Selby and Scarborough districts have also been listed as “areas of concern” by the government.
However, Harrogate District Hospital has not reported any deaths in patients with covid since July 19.
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