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Sept 2020

Last Updated: 21/09/2020

Seven further coronavirus cases in Harrogate district

by Calvin Robinson

| 21 Sept, 2020
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The figures from Public Health England take the total number of cases in the Harrogate district since the start of the pandemic to 926. The government could introduce further restrictions tomorrow to halt the spread of the virus.

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Seven further cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Harrogate district, according to the latest daily Public Health England figures.

It takes the total number of cases in the district since the start of the pandemic to 926.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson may announce further restrictions tomorrow in an effort to halt the spread of the virus nationally.

It comes as Sir Patrick Vallance, the government's chief scientific adviser, warned today that the UK could face up to 50,000 cases a day by October if action was not taken.




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Last week, North Yorkshire declared a major incident amid an increase in cases in the county.

Selby and Scarborough districts have also been listed as “areas of concern” by the government.