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01

Jan 2021

Last Updated: 02/01/2021

68 covid infections reported in Harrogate district today

by Thomas Barrett

| 01 Jan, 2021
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The district's seven-day average rate of infection has soared from 141 people per 100,000 yesterday to 198 people per 100,000. Many rural areas in North Yorkshire are seeing rates rise rapidly.

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Another 68 covid infections have been reported in the Harrogate district today — down from yesterday's record high of 101.

The figure from Public Health England takes the total number of cases since March to 4,480.

The seven-day average rate of infection has soared from 141 people per 100,000 to 198 people per 100,000.

The North Yorkshire average is 251 and the England average is 449. Richmondshire and Hambleton are the worst affected districts in the county.

North Yorkshire entered tier 3 at one minute past midnight on New Year's Eve.




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Meanwhile, Harrogate District Hospital has reported a further death in a patient who had tested positive for coronavirus in the last 28 days. The patient died on Boxing Day, but it was only included in figures released today by NHS England.

It brings the total number of patients who have died with covid-19 at the hospital to 109 since the start of the pandemic. One death was reported on each of December 26, 27 and 28.

A media briefing this week revealed there has been a big increase in the number of people being tested at the covid testing centre in the Dragon Road car park in Harrogate.

Matthew Robinson, senior resilience and emergencies officer at North Yorkshire County Council, said that on December 21, 280 people were tested at the site, the highest daily total to date.

This is more than double the figure of some previous weeks, which reflects the growing spread of the virus.

From December 21-27 over 1,200 covid tests took place.