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Feb 2021
Harrogate hospital covid patients up to record 64
The number of covid patients at Harrogate District Hospital has increased to a record 64 - bucking the county trend.
Health leaders said today covid patient numbers in North Yorkshire as a whole had declined in the last week.
But the number in Harrogate had increased by 10 from last week's 54 — which was the previous record high since the start of the pandemic.
Amanda Bloor, accountable officer at North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group, told a press briefing today Harrogate was the only hospital to experience an increase in the last seven days.
She added:
A total of 440 patients are currently in North Yorkshire hospitals, which are based in Harrogate, York, Scarborough and South Tees. Fifty of those are in intensive care.
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Last week 504 patients were in hospital with covid.
Ms Bloor added there would not be a rapid reduction in number of admissions to hospital, despite the slight decrease.
She said:
David Mattinson, medical registrar on one of Harrogate District Hospital's covid wards, tweeted last week it had been “exceptionally busy” since Christmas and urged people to stay at home.
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