Just one covid case has been confirmed in the Harrogate district in the past 24 hours, according to Public Health England figures.
It takes the total number of cases since last March to 7,644.
Meanwhile, the district’s seven-day covid rate has dropped to 19 per 100,000 people.
The North Yorkshire average stands at 28 and the England rate is 24.
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No further deaths from patients who tested positive for coronavirus have been reported at Harrogate District Hospital.
It means the death toll at the hospital since the start of the pandemic remains at 179.
The more recent covid-linked death at the hospital was reported on April 11, according to NHS England figures.
Harrogate hospital goes a week without a covid deathHarrogate District Hospital has gone a week without reporting a death from a patient who tested positive for covid.
According to NHS England figures up to April 18, the last death recorded at the hospital was on April 11.
The death toll at the hospital since last March remains at 179.
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Meanwhile, a further eight covid cases have been confirmed in the Harrogate district according to Public Health England statistics.
It takes the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic to 7,638.
Elsewhere, the district’s seven-day covid rate has increased to 26 per 100,000 people.
The North Yorkshire average is 26 and the England rate is 24.
Harrogate hospital staff walk, run and bike to New Zealand for charityStaff at Harrogate District Hospital have raised money for charity by walking, running and cycling the distance from Harrogate to Wellington in New Zealand.
They started the challenge in February and walked 22,866 kilometres by Easter, raising £1,600 in the process. That is £400 more than the original target.
45 staff from the pharmacy department took part. They all tracked how far they had ran, walked and cycled each week and added up the total.
The money will go to Harrogate Hospital and Community Charity. It supports staff, services and patients at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust.
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Elizabeth Gill, pharmacy support worker and organiser, said:
“At a time when we are all stretched thin and covid has meant we can’t get together outside of work, we wanted to come together to challenge ourselves while raising money for our hospital charity.
“We decided to do the ultimate challenge and get to Wellington in New Zealand as this is the furthest capital from Harrogate and also a country which is covid-free!
“I’m so proud of everyone and how hard we’ve all worked. Our fundraising total is over £1600 which is incredible!”
Yvonne Campbell, head of charity and business development project manager, said:
Harrogate hospital to recycle face masks using new machine“Everyone at Harrogate Hospital and Community Charity is blown away by the amount raised by our pharmacy team and the effort they’ve put in to supporting us.
“Recently, money raised by our supporters funded some portable DVD players for inpatients to use to watch films on while they’re in hospital, so the money they raise will go a long way to supporting services, patients and fellow colleagues at the trust.”
Harrogate District Hospital has ordered a machine that turns single use plastics, including face masks, into reusable material.
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is one of eight health trusts pioneering the new technology.
Covid has forced hospital staff to use far more personal protective equipment (PPE).
But some face masks are thrown away after just a few hours.
Research from a waste company suggested the UK throws away 53 million masks every day and just 10% are recycled.
Official government guidance urges people to dispose of face masks as waste rather than recycling.
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But with so many masks going to landfill and incinerators, hospitals have turned to Cardiff company TCG Solutions’ new machine.
Called a Sterimelt, it melts down polypropylene, which is a material used in the manufacture of face masks, into solid blocks of plastic that can be repurposed and used as items such as bins.
Philip Davison-Sebry, founder and managing director of the company, said:
“What was once going out to landfill, can now be turned into new material.”
The machine, which costs £55,000, turns polypropylene into reusable plastic blocks, which can be used to make bins, chairs and other items.
Although the machine is not up and running yet in Harrogate, the trust hopes to start recycling as soon as possible.
Visiting resumes at Harrogate District HospitalHarrogate District Hospital has today resumed visits for inpatients as part of the latest easing of lockdown restrictions.
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust announced today all inpatients were allowed one visitor for 30 minutes each day.
Visits are allowed between 2-4pm for up to 30 minutes. Appointments must be booked in advance with wards.
Also from today, partners are allowed to attend all pregnancy scans.
But no visitors are allowed in the emergency department unless they are accompanying a child.
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Patients who are classed as end of life, or have dementia or a learning disability, or have been in hospital for a long time will continue to have open and flexible visiting as before.
During the booking process visitors will be asked questions about covid symptoms, travel and requests to isolate. Visitors will also have to wear PPE whilst in the hospital.
To read the guidance in full, click here.
First covid death at Harrogate hospital in nearly two weeksHarrogate District Hospital has reported its first covid death in nearly two weeks.
The death was reported on April 11, according to NHS England figures.
It’s the first death since March 29 of a patient who tested positive for covid.
It takes the total deaths at the hospital since the start of the pandemic to 179.
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Meanwhile, 11 covid cases have been recorded in the Harrogate district according to latest Public Health England statistics.
The number takes the total number of cases since last March to 7,596.
According to the government dashboard, the only areas to have had any infections in the last seven days are Killinghall and Hampsthwaite, Harrogate east and Hookstone.
Harrogate hospital goes 10 days without a covid deathHarrogate District Hospital has gone 10 days without reporting a death from a patient who tested positive for coronavirus.
The last time it recorded a death was March 29, according to NHS England data.
Currently, the number of covid-positive patients who have died at the hospital since last March stands at 178.
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Meanwhile, the district’s seven-day covid rate stands at 14 cases per 100,000 people.
The North Yorkshire average is 25 and the England rate is 29.
Due to a change in the way Public Health England reports cases of covid, the daily cases for April 9 has been left out.
A post on the Public Health England website said of the change:
Harrogate district covid cases stays in single figures“Newly reported cases at regional and local authority level within England are calculated as the daily change in the total number of cases.
“This means that for 9 April 2021, these show significantly lower numbers or zero, and should not be considered as the actual number of new cases reported on that date.”
The Harrogate district has recorded just two coronavirus cases in today’s daily figures, according to Public Health England.
It means that the seven day rate in the district remains low at just 15 per 100,000 compared to the England average of 44 per 100,000.
North Yorkshire as a whole has a slightly lower seven day rate than the rest of the country at 36 per 100,000.
So far 7,590 people have tested positive for coronavirus since the start of the pandemic in the district.
Harrogate District Hospital has not recorded any further coronavirus deaths today.
The hospital recorded a death for the first time in 13 days on March 30. Currently the hospital’s death toll is at 178.
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First covid death at Harrogate hospital in 13 days
Harrogate District Hospital has reported its first covid death in 13 days.
According to NHS England figures, the hospital reported the death of a patient who tested positive for coronavirus yesterday.
It is the first reported at the hospital since March 16.
The number takes the hospital covid death toll to 178.
Meanwhile, just two covid cases have been recorded in the Harrogate district today.
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According to latest Public Health England figures, it takes the total number of infection since last March to 7,578.
The district’s seven-day covid rate of infection stands at 34 cases per 100,000 people.
Elsewhere, the North Yorkshire average is 44 and the England rate is 54.
10 days without covid death at Harrogate hospitalHarrogate District Hospital has recorded its longest period without a covid-related death since Christmas.
Latest figures revealed by NHS England today show 10 days have passed since the last death.
It is the longest period without a covid fatality since the 14 days from December 11 to December 25.
Infection rates soared after Christmas, as did admissions, peaking at 68 on February 13.
At one point last month there were seven deaths in three days.
The dark days continued this month, when 10 people died in nine days.
But patient numbers have fallen rapidly recently and are now down to single figures.
A total of 814 covid patients have been admitted to the hospital since the pandemic began.
Six hundred and three have been discharged.
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust announced today it had introduced free WiFi at its hospitals in Harrogate and Ripon.
We've introduced a new, free WiFi network for patients & visitors at Harrogate District & Ripon Community hospitals.
To use the service, please connect to the NHS_PUBLIC_Wi-Fi network, enter your name & email details & agree to the T&Cs. You'll then be granted access. pic.twitter.com/SH0HfTlyE4
— Harrogate NHS FT (@HarrogateNHSFT) March 27, 2021
No daily infection figures for the Harrogate district had been released by Public Health England by the time of publication today.
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