A further 52 cases of coronavirus confirmed in Harrogate district
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Oct 23, 2020
Coronavirus testing centre at Dragon Road car park in Harrogate.

A further 52 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Harrogate district, according to Public Health England figures.

It takes the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic up to 1,887. Figures also show a further 156 cases county-wide.

Meanwhile, latest weekly rate figures up to October 19 show Harrogate had 164 cases per 100,000 population.


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The district is third highest in the county behind Craven which has 175 and Selby with 196.

It comes after the first coronavirus death in three weeks was reported at Harrogate District Hospital yesterday.

A total of 84 people who tested positive for covid have died at the hospital since the start of the pandemic, according to NHS England figures.