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Nov 2020
Another late night queue at Harrogate Tesco
https://youtu.be/YdU_rbRava0
Just three hours after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced another national lockdown yesterday, a large queue had formed outside the Tesco Express in the centre of Harrogate.
This video was taken minutes after 10pm — when pubs closed — and shows little sign of people conforming to social distancing guidelines.
The same situation arose last weekend at pub closing time.
But with all pubs forced to close from Thursday, further instances are unlikely to be repeated anytime soon.
Harrogate town centre was busy last night, with Halloween many people making the most of a final weekend of the pubs being open.
Read more:
- 71 more people test positive for coronavirus in the Harrogate district
- Harrogate district’s coronavirus rate rises above national average
The Harrogate district's seven-day rolling average infection rate is 251 people per 100,000 people, which is the highest of the seven district and borough council regions in North Yorkshire.
It is also higher than the England average of 223 per 100,000 people.
According to government figures, Harrogate west and Pannal has recorded the most new infections in the district in the last seven days, with 43.
The next highest is Harrogate central with 36 followed by Killinghall and Hampsthwaite with 31.
Ripon north and west recorded the fewest new cases, with just four.
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