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Aug 2021

Last Updated: 18/08/2021
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First covid death in four months at Harrogate hospital

by Calvin Robinson

| 18 Aug, 2021
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The first covid death since April has been reported at Harrogate District Hospital. It means the number of deaths from covid at the hospital now stands at 180.

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Harrogate District Hospital has recorded its first death from a patient who tested positive for covid in four months.

According to NHS England figures, the death was reported on August 16.

The last time a covid death was reported at the hospital was on April 11.

It comes as health managers reported a “sharp increase” in covid patients in North Yorkshire hospitals, with Harrogate treating nine - an increase from seven last week.




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The death toll at Harrogate hospital since March 2020 now stands at 180.

Meanwhile, 77 covid infections have been reported in the Harrogate district, according to latest Public Health England figures.

The district’s weekly rate has increased slightly to 299 per 100,000 people.

The North Yorkshire rate stands at 274 and the England average is 310.

Elsewhere, 123,688 people have received a first covid vaccine in the Harrogate district and 109,423 have had a second dose.