Another 129 covid cases have been reported in the Harrogate district today — the highest daily number in almost two weeks.

Today’s spike in cases is the highest since the district recorded 132 cases on September 7, according to Pubic Health England figures.

It takes the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 15,122.

The district now has the second highest seven-day case rate in North Yorkshire, with 291 infections per 100,000 people. Scarborough’s rate of 322 is the highest.

The Harrogate district rate remains above North Yorkshire’s at 263 and England at 257.

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The death toll at Harrogate District Hospital from covid-related illnesses since March 2020 remains at 186.

There have been 247,388 first and second vaccinations given in the Harrogate district.

A further 71 cases of coronavirus have been reported in the Harrogate district, according to Public Health England figures.

The total for the district since the start of the pandemic stands at 2,371.

This afternoon, Boris Johnson is holding a conference where he is expected to announce further restrictions for England. It is reported he could be putting the country into a second national lockdown.

The district’s seven-day case rate up to October 27 has dropped to 239 per 100,000 people. However this remains above the national average of 225.

North Yorkshire remains in tier one restrictions, it is now the only county in the region not to have moved up to a higher tier.

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Another 59 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Harrogate district today.

It brings the total number of people in the district confirmed to have the virus to 1,989 since the start of the pandemic.

Today’s figures also show there have been no further deaths at Harrogate District Hospital, with the total number of covid-related fatalities there still standing at 84.

Across Yorkshire and the Humber, 14 deaths were confirmed today, out of a total of 76 across England. The region had 2,380 positive covid tests confirmed today, bringing the total in the pandemic to 108,580.

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