Praise For Residents As Covid-19 Rates Fall
Written by HFM News on 15th January 2021
The Coronavirus infection rate has fallen more in the Harborough District than anywhere else in Leicestershire.
However, the rate among young people in the district is the highest in the the county.
Latest figures show an infection rate across the Harborough area of 351.8 per 100,000 people – a fall of around 25% compared with earlier this month, when it rocketed by nearly 90%.
The national average is 622.3.
Infections among young people, aged 17-21, now stand at 831.2 per 100,000 people and public health officers are monitoring the figures closely.
Mike Sandys, Director of Public Health for Leicestershire, told Hfm it is essential people stick to stay at home message:
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