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Jul 2021
Harrogate district bucks trend of rising covid hospital patients
The number of covid patients in North Yorkshire hospitals has increased by 40 per cent in the last week — but just three are in Harrogate.
A media briefing today revealed there are currently 112 covid patients in the county compared with 80 a week ago.
There are three patients in each of Scarborough and Harrogate hospitals, 19 in York and 87 in South Tees.
Coronavirus rates have soared to record levels. Harrogate's seven-day average rate of infection is now 511 cases per 100,000 people, surpassing the previous January peak. But the number of hospital patients being at Harrogate District Hospital is well below the 67 seen in February.
The North Yorkshire average rate of infection is 570 and the England rate is 520.
Locally, Ripon south and east has become the new covid hotspot, with 69 infections in the last seven days.
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Richard Webb, North Yorkshire County Council’s director of health and adult services told the media briefing of the North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum there had been no cause for celebration following Freedom Day on Monday. He said:
Mr Webb added there had been a "significant spread of the virus amongst younger people". However, case numbers were increasing in all age groups. He said:
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