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Jun 2021
Last Updated: 16/06/2021
Harrogate district covid infections hit four-month high
Today's 29 cases is the highest since February 17 when 31 infections were recorded. But no covid deaths have been recorded at Harrogate District Hospital since April.
The Harrogate district has recorded the highest daily number of covid infections for four months.
Today's 29 cases is the highest since February 17 when 31 infections were recorded, according to Public Health England statistics.
But no covid-related deaths have been reported at Harrogate District Hospital since April 11.
According to NHS England statistics, the death toll at the hospital remains at 179.
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Elsewhere, the district’s seven-day covid rate is marginally up to 59 cases per 100,000 people.
The North Yorkshire average is 45 and the England average is 75.
According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the Delta variant is now the dominant strain of coronavirus in North Yorkshire and most cases are among under 30-year-olds.
Louise Wallace told a North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum briefing today that the variant – which was first identified in India and has delayed the final lifting of lockdown restrictions – was accelerating in most parts of the county at a rate of around 40 new cases per day.
She added the strain appeared to be spreading fastest amongst young people, who she urged to take vaccines. Jabs are now available to over 21-year-olds.
Ms Wallace said:
“The Delta variant does appear – as is the case nationally – to be the dominant strain of covid across North Yorkshire.
"In light of that, it is really important that given the variant is more transmissible we don’t let our guard down."
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