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May 2021
No covid patients at Harrogate hospital for the first time since August
Harrogate District Hospital currently has no patients with covid for the first time in nine months.
At the peak of the second wave in mid-February there were 68 covid patients at the hospital.
Now, the hospital has recorded zero covid inpatients - the first time since August 28.
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust tweeted its praise to colleagues for their "immense efforts" over the past year.
It also thanked the local community for doing their bit to suppress the virus.
https://twitter.com/HarrogateNHSFT/status/1396859649169711104?s=20
There has not been a covid death at the hospital now for six weeks. 179 people who tested positive for covid have died at the hospital since the pandemic began.
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