The Harrogate district’s seven-day covid rate has fallen below 300 cases per 100,000 people for the first time since the start of July.
The rate now stands at 294 having declined rapidly from a high of 534 just 11 days ago.
Elsewhere, the North Yorkshire rate stands at 311 and the England average is 321.
The district has recorded another 79 new covid cases in the last 24 hours, according to today’s Public Health England figures.
Harrogate District Hospital has not reported a covid-related death in three-and-a-half months.
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It means the covid death toll at the hospital since March 2020 remains at 179.
However, latest figures show that the hospital is treating nine covid patients compared with just three a week ago.
Elsewhere, 122,628 people have received a first covid vaccine in the Harrogate district and 103,445 have had a second dose.
