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Aug 2021
'Sharp rise' in covid patients in North Yorkshire hospitals
There has been a “sharp rise” in the number of covid patients in hospitals across North Yorkshire.
The number of people admitted to the county’s hospitals in the last seven days has jumped to 121, up from 109 this time last week.
The latest figure includes nine patients in Harrogate District Hospital - an increase from seven last week.
Meanwhile, eight patients are in Scarborough, 27 in York and 77 in South Tees.
Twenty-three of the patients are being treated in Intensive Care Units.
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Hospitalisations had been falling after the number reached 131 two weeks ago.
Amanda Bloor, the accountable officer for the North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group told a press briefing of the North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum that there had been a number of people admitted over the weekend.
She said:
Mrs Bloor also urged younger people who had not taken up the offer of a vaccine to come forward to get one.
She added:
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