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22
Nov 2020
The Harrogate district's hopes of being in the lowest tier of restrictions when lockdown ends in 10 days time received a boost today when just 28 covid infections were reported.
The figure, from Public Health England, is the lowest since the 26 positive cases on October 18.
Infections soared after then and were well above the national average this month until a considerable recent slowdown.
Just 31 were reported yesterday.
The R number, which refers to the virus' reproduction rate, was 1.6 a fortnight ago but is now down to 1.1.
The seven-day rolling average rate of positive cases has declined significantly from over 300 to 190.
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