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May 2021
Last Updated: 24/05/2021
No covid deaths at Harrogate hospital for six weeks
Harrogate District Hospital has not recorded a covid death since April 11. Meanwhile, three covid cases have been reported in the Harrogate district according to latest government figures.
Harrogate District Hospital has gone six weeks without reporting a covid death.
According to NHS England figures, the last death from a patient who tested positive for covid was recorded on April 11.
It means the death toll at the hospital since last March remains at 179.
Meanwhile, a further three cases of covid have been reported in the Harrogate district.
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Latest Public Health England data shows that 7,740 cases have been recorded since the start of the pandemic.
The daily number of cases reported is based on PCR and lateral flow tests returning positive results. However, if someone with a positive lateral flow test later has a negative result with a PCR test, the earlier result will be removed.
Elsewhere, the district’s seven-day covid rate stands at 11 per 100,000 people.
In North Yorkshire, the average is 13 and the England rate is 22.
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