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Jul 2020
Last Updated: 30/07/2020
No positive coronavirus patients at Harrogate hospital
It is the first time the hospital has been clear of the virus since the pandemic began. There have been no reported deaths for 15 days now.
Harrogate Hospital Entrance
Harrogate District Hospital has reported no positive coronavirus patients for the first time since the pandemic began.
In more good news, it was also revealed today that no coronavirus deaths have been reported at the hospital for 15 days.
This means the death toll at the hospital remains at 82.
https://twitter.com/HarrogateNHSFT/status/1288869713016164352?s=20
It is the second-longest time the hospital has not reported any coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began.
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Nationally, 12 more patients who tested positive for the virus have died in hospital. None were in the north east and Yorkshire region.
NHS England said those patients who died were aged between 40 and 96 and all had known underlying health conditions.
It takes the death toll in England’s hospitals to 29,329.
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