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27
Apr 2021
No covid deaths at Harrogate hospital for two weeks
Harrogate District Hospital has now gone more than two weeks without a covid death.
The last death at the hospital from a patient who tested positive for the virus was recorded on April 11, according to NHS England figures.
It means the death toll at the hospital since last March remains at 179.
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Meanwhile, a further six covid cases have been confirmed in the Harrogate district.
The latest figures from Public Health England show the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic has increased to 7,660.
The district's seven-day average rate of infection had not been updated today at the time of publication.
Yesterday's rate was 14 cases per 100,000 people. Selby had the highest rate in England, at 112.
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