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Nov 2020
Last Updated: 24/11/2020
Will falling covid rate save Harrogate district from tier 2?
The seven-day average rate of infections in the Harrogate district has halved in a fortnight but it is uncertain whether it will be enough to prevent tier two restrictions when the government decides in two days time.
Covid coronavirus posters Wetherby Road
Covid rates in the Harrogate district and North Yorkshire overall are continuing to fall sharply — but will it be enough to prevent the county moving into tier two restrictions next week?
Public Health England reported just 21 infections for the district today, which followed 11 announced yesterday.
The district's seven-day average rate of infections is now 157 per 100,000 people — about half of what it was a fortnight ago.
North Yorkshire's current rate is 196. The England rate is 207.
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- King James’s School spending £7,000 a week on covid
The government is due to reveal on Thursday which tiers each area will be in.
It would appear North Yorkshire is likely to be in tier one or tier two — and the difference between the two is vast.
In tier one, pubs and restaurants can open with table service; in tier two, they can only open if they serve substantial meals and there is no household mixing indoors.
The decision could therefore determine whether many hospitality businesses stay open — and possibly even survive.
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