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Oct 2021
Last Updated: 12/10/2021
Two covid deaths reported at Harrogate hospital
The deaths are reported as the Harrogate district's seven-day covid rate becomes the highest in Yorkshire at 646 cases per 100,000 people, according to latest government figures.
Harrogate District Hospital.
Two deaths from patients who tested positive for coronavirus have been reported at Harrogate District Hospital.
According to latest NHS England figures, the deaths were reported on Friday and Monday.
It takes the death toll from covid at the hospital since March last year to 191.
Meanwhile, a further 107 cases of covid have been recorded in the district according to latest Public Health England figures.
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The district’s seven-day rate currently stands at 646 per 100,000 people — the highest in Yorkshire.
The North Yorkshire average is 481 and the England rate stands at 375.
As of Thursday, there were 14 covid patients at Harrogate District Hospital.
A total of 129,466 people have received a first covid vaccine in the Harrogate district and 121,080 have had a second dose.
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