Harrogate now has lowest coronavirus rates in North Yorkshire
The borough’s weekly infection rate has dropped to 97 cases per 100,000
Harrogate now has the lowest coronavirus rates in North Yorkshire.
The borough’s weekly infection rate has dropped to 97 cases per 100,000 - down from a record high of 302 three weeks ago.
Selby now has the highest coronavirus rates in the county with 155 cases per 100,000 people, followed by Scarborough at 146 – a figure which has plummeted from 613 three weeks ago.
It comes as one more coronavirus patient has died at Harrogate Hospital. The death was recorded on Thursday and takes the hospital’s toll to 99.
The second lockdown will end on Wednesday when Harrogate – along with the rest of North Yorkshire and York – will be placed under tier two restrictions which limit household mixing and only allow pubs and restaurants to serve alcohol with a ‘substantial’ meal.
There will be a review of the tier allocation on December 16 when government officials will consider the total number of Covid cases, the number of cases in the over 60s, the rate at which cases are rising or falling, the proportion of test results coming back positive and pressure on the NHS.
It could mean restrictions are loosened or tightened ahead of Christmas when rules will be relaxed to allow up to three households to meet over the festive period.
However, health officials at the North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum have raised concerns that household mixing over Christmas could risk a third wave of Covid when the NHS is at peak pressure in January and February.