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Feb 2022
Harrogate district covid rate drops below 1,000 for first time since December
The Harrogate district’s covid rate has fallen below 1,000 for the first time in two months.
Currently, the district’s seven-day average stands at 890 per 100,000 people.
It’s the first time the rate has dropped below 1,000 since December 22.
However, the number remains above the county-wide average, which is 684 and the England rate of 709.
Latest figures from Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust show 26 patients are currently being treated at the hospital – down on 30 last week.
UK Health Security Agency data shows the daily number of positive covid cases is 191.
Meanwhile, the number of positive patients with covid who have died at Harrogate District Hospital since March 2020 stands at 221.
The latest death was reported on February 5, according to NHS England figures.
Read more:
- NHS writes off £13m in Nightingale hospital beds cost
- Harrogate care boss: Vaccine mandate led to ‘significant’ staff losses
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