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Mar 2022
Last Updated: 16/03/2022
Harrogate district covid rate more than doubles in 12 days
Latest data shows the Harrogate district's seven-day rate of infection has increased from 343 per 100,000 people to 691 in just 12 days. It is the highest rate in North Yorkshire.
The rate of covid in the Harrogate district has almost doubled in just 12 days.
Latest data published by North Yorkshire County Council shows the seven-day rate of infection was 691 per 100,000 people on March 13.
On March 1, the rate was 343 per 100,000 people, the lowest it had been since September 2021.
The Harrogate district has the highest infection rate in North Yorkshire. Ryedale is the next highest at 632. The England average is 661.
The government no longer publishes daily data on how many people have caught the virus.
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Instead, it publishes the number of infections over the past seven days. In the Harrogate district, this was 1,207 people, a rise of almost 50% on the previous week.
NHS England figures show that the most recent covid-related death took place at Harrogate District Hospital on February 28.
There have been 232 covid-related deaths at the hospital since the pandemic started almost two years ago.
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