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20
Jan 2021
Harrogate district reports 79 further coronavirus cases
The Harrogate district has had a further 79 cases of coronavirus confirmed, according to today’s Public Health England figures.
It takes the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 6,163.
The seven-day average rate of infection for the district stands at 325 people per 100,000.
The county-wide average is 303 and the national rate 467.
Killinghall and Hampsthwaite remains the area in the district with the most covid infections in the past seven-days, with 60 cases.
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Amanda Bloor, accountable officer at North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group, told a press briefing of the North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum today that 44 covid patients were currently being treated at Harrogate District Hospital.
Hospitals across the county have 471 positive covid patients — an increase of 84 on last week.
The current figure is 169 more than the peak of the first lockdown.
No further deaths from patients who tested positive for coronavirus have been reported at Harrogate District Hospital, according to NHS England data.
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