Harrogate District Hospital has reported a second coronavirus death in a week — after going more than four months without any covid fatalities.
One patient died on Wednesday last week and the hospital reported today that another person had succumbed to the virus.
It takes the total number of coronavirus deaths at the hospital to 181.
Since lockdown restrictions were fully lifted in July, daily coronavirus cases have remained at about the 70 mark. Today’s figure is 82 and brings the total number of cases to 12,908.
The seven-day infection rate for the Harrogate district has increased to 315 people per 100,000. That is just above the North Yorkshire average of 311 and just below the England average of 330.
It was reported today that the number of patients at Harrogate District Hospital being treated for covid had risen to 10.
Elsewhere, 123,979 people have received a first covid vaccine in the Harrogate district and 111,861 have had a second dose.
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