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05

May 2020

Last Updated: 05/05/2020

88 coronavirus deaths in Harrogate as more die in care homes

by Connor Creaghan

| 05 May, 2020
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ONS data showed that the average number of deaths in the country's care homes is 20, with Harrogate above the national average.

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88 people have died in Harrogate after testing positive for coronavirus with 35 of those deaths recorded in the town's care homes.

Each week on a Tuesday the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals how many people have died outside of hospitals.

The number of hospital deaths is released on a daily basis by the NHS - Harrogate District Hospital has so far recorded 49 coronavirus deaths.

Update: Harrogate District Hospital has not reported any more coronavirus deaths in today's new figures. A further 366 people have died in England's hospitals.

Last week, the ONS data which included deaths up to April 17 revealed that there had been 22 deaths outside of hospitals.

This week, the data goes up to April 24 and now shows that there have been 39 deaths outside of hospitals.

In Harrogate, two people have died from coronavirus in their homes and two have died in "other communal establishments," so the majority of deaths outside of hospitals were in care homes.

The data also gives an overview of the rest of the country's care homes where there is an average of 20 care home deaths. Harrogate is above the national average at 35 deaths.

When the ONS data, bearing in mind that it only goes up to April 24, is added to the latest numbers from hospitals it confirms that 88 people so far have died with coronavirus in Harrogate.

As of last Thursday, Harrogate District Hospital has also released 70 patients after recovering from coronavirus.