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Apr 2021
Last Updated: 12/04/2021
First covid death at Harrogate hospital in nearly two weeks
The covid death toll at the hospital now stands at 179. However, infections remain low: the only areas in the district to have had any cases in the last seven days are Killinghall and Hampsthwaite, Harrogate east and Hookstone.
Harrogate District Hospital has reported its first covid death in nearly two weeks.
The death was reported on April 11, according to NHS England figures.
It’s the first death since March 29 of a patient who tested positive for covid.
It takes the total deaths at the hospital since the start of the pandemic to 179.
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Meanwhile, 11 covid cases have been recorded in the Harrogate district according to latest Public Health England statistics.
The number takes the total number of cases since last March to 7,596.
According to the government dashboard, the only areas to have had any infections in the last seven days are Killinghall and Hampsthwaite, Harrogate east and Hookstone.
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