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Jul 2021
The Harrogate district’s covid infection rate is on course to reach record levels this month, as almost all legal restrictions on social contact are lifted.
Social distancing rules which have governed people’s lives for over a year have finally ended today, with face masks no longer mandatory in shops and on public transport, limits on gathering gone and the work from home guidance ended.
Nightclubs, theatres and restaurants can also fully reopen, while pubs are no longer restricted to table service only.
But with covid cases continuing to soar, there are renewed warnings about pressures on key sectors of the economy and the NHS.
The weekly rate of infections in the Harrogate district currently stands at 495 cases per 100,000 people and appears certain to pass the previous peak of 497 in January.
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