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Oct 2021
Urgent meeting to tackle Harrogate district's soaring covid rate
Public health officials are to hold an urgent press conference tomorrow to discuss soaring coronavirus rates in the Harrogate district.
The district's seven-day rate is currently 723 per 100,000 population, which is far higher than the current England average of 436.
North Yorkshire County Council will host the virtual meeting tomorrow from 10.30am until 11am, when health officials will brief the media on the situation.
Richard Webb, the corporate director for health and adult services at the council, has urged people in the Harrogate district to think about hygiene. He said:
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Covid case rates in the Harrogate district have been rising since mid September, when the rate was 372.
However, although the number of cases has risen sharply the number of coronavirus patients at Harrogate District Hospital has not risen in the same manner.
As of last Thursday, the hospital was treating 14 covid patients - well below last winter's peak of 67.
No further details of tomorrow's meeting have been made available.
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