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28
Jul 2021
The number of coronavirus patients at Harrogate District Hospital has tripled in the last week, a media briefing heard this morning.
Amanda Bloor, accountable officer at NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group, told North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum the hospital was treating nine patients compared with three seven days ago.
However, the number remains well below the 67 patients the hospital was treating at the height of the second wave in February.
Ms Bloor added the increase has been mirrored across the county:
A breakdown of the figures shows there are nine patients in both Harrogate and Scarborough hospitals, 26 in York and 92 in South Tees.
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