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Mar 2021
Last Updated: 11/03/2021
Coronavirus vaccine reaches more than 64,000 in Harrogate district
Two more people have also died after testing positive for coronavirus at Harrogate District Hospital. One of the patients died yesterday and the other died on Tuesday.
A total of 175,000 first doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been given in North Yorkshire and York so far.
The Harrogate district has handed out a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine to 64,416 people so far.
NHS figures released today, which covers the period up until March 7, show how 20,000 of those jabs are in the arms of the under 60s.
It also comes as Harrogate District Hospital is now down to 17 coronavirus patients, down from 42 patients last Thursday.
Since the start of the pandemic the hospital has admitted 800 coronavirus positive patients and discharged 575.
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Two more people have also died after testing positive for coronavirus at Harrogate District Hospital. One of the patients died yesterday and the other died on Tuesday.
The number of coronavirus cases has remained low in the Harrogate district over the past couple of weeks. Today the district added a further 13 cases to bring the total up to 7,419 cases.
This week the NHS also confirmed that the Nightingale hospital will close and the building will return as a convention centre.
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