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Coronavirus: New map reveals how

many people have died from COVID-
19 in your area
Hertsmere and Brent are among areas with the highest rates of people who have
had COVID-19 mentioned on their death certificates.

By Carmen Aguilar Garcia, data journalist, and Philip Whiteside, news reporter

Tuesday 26 May 2020 17:17, UK COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS

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Thousands of people have now died in the UK after contracting

coronavirus and Sky News is tracking the worst affected areas.

Hertsmere, Harrow, Brent, Inverclyde and South Lakeland are the

areas with the highest rates of people who have died and had
COVID-19 mentioned on their death certificates, data from the
COVID-19
national statistical offices up to mid-May shows.

The lowest death rates from coronavirus

coronavirus are in places as diverse
as Hastings, Ceredigion, in west Wales, and the Orkney Islands.

Across the whole of the UK, the death rate - the number of
people per 100,000 who have died of COVID-19 - is 55.

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 COVID-19 deaths in your area
Deaths in which coronavirus was mentioned in the death certificate
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Deaths per 100,000

SOURCE: ONS, NRS, NISRA • Deaths registered up to week 20. Last week for which data is available in
England, Wales and Northern Ireland refer to week ending 15 May and to week ending 17 May for
Scotland. Data at 26 May.

The detailed breakdown by local authority is published weekly by

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statistics departments in England and Wales, Scotland and
 Northern Ireland.

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NHS England, Public Health of Wales, the Department of Health

and Social Care and the Scottish and Northern Irish
governments publish the daily number of total COVID-19 related
deaths for each region.

NHS England provides that information by NHS trust.

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 In general, urban areas have been worst hit, but there are some
health trusts where the number dying has been higher than
might be expected.

Where COVID-19 deaths in England are occurring

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SOURCE: NHS England • Locations refer to the Trust’s address and not where the deaths actually
occurred. NHS does not calculate the population covered by Trust, that is why we can't show rates.
Data updated on 29 May 2020

Search to find how many deaths have been recorded in hospitals

in each health trust.

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 Trust COVID-19 deaths

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 913

Barts Health NHS Trust 599

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust 584

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 494

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust 481

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SOURCE: NHS England • Data updated on 29 May 2020

One in five people in England who are confirmed to have

contracted coronavirus are dying, according to official figures.

This does not take into account the fact that figures for cases in
all the home nations including England do not include tests
carried out by commercial partners of the NHS.

Only those who have been tested are counted. The true number
of cases is unknown.

Current UK totals for cases and deaths

UK Total Latest daily figures

Confirmed cases 272,826 2,445

COVID-19 related
38,376 215
deaths

SOURCE: Public • Includes tests carried out by commercial partners which are not included in the 4 National
Health England totals. Data updated at 15:21 30 May 2020

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 Deaths per 100,000
Country Number of deaths
population

England 61.1 34193

Scotland 43.3 2353

Wales 42.4 1331

Northern Ireland 27.7 522

SOURCE: Public Health England, Public Health Wales, Health Protection Scotland • Data updated at 15:21 30
and Public Health Agency May 2020

Number of
Name Deaths per 100,000 population
deaths

London 66.7 5941

North West 59.5 4176

Midlands 49.6 5229

East of England 47.7 3098

North East and

44.5 3808
Yorkshire

South East 34.8 3077

South West 21.4 1201

SOURCE: NHS England • Data updated on 29 May 2020

Further analysis of the figures shows that, for England, more

than half of those dying are in the oldest age group.

Four in 10 of those losing their lives to the virus are in the 60 to

79-year-old age group.

The graph below shows the percentage breakdown for deaths by

age group.

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 COVID-19 fatality is higher among oldest groups
Figures for England only

80+

60-79

40-59

20-39

0-19

0% 20% 40%

SOURCE: NHS England • Data updated on 29 May 2020

Curves showing the increase in deaths in the various regions of

the UK make it appear that in all parts the peak has passed.

England and Wales passed the peak on or around the Easter

weekend.

Scotland and Northern Ireland may have been later. But the
statistics are affected by a different way of collecting the
information. Deaths in England and Wales are recorded on the
date they occurred. In Scotland, the date the death was
reported is what is recorded.

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 The number of deaths per day in each country over time

England Wales
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Scotland Northern Ireland

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40 10

20 5

0 0
0 Mar 20 26 Mar 20 10 Apr 20 25 Apr 20 11 May 20 27 May25
20Mar 20 07 Apr 20 19 Apr 20 01 May 20 14

SOURCE: Public Health Wales, Health Protection Scotland, Public Health Agency and NHS England • Line
shows the seven days average to control for day to day anomalies. Data updated at 14:00 30 May 2020
and not including the last three days in England due to figures reported by NHS England are lower than
real figures in recent days. Dates refer to the day of death except in Scotland that refers to the
reporting day.

The amount of time it took for deaths to double in England was

originally fastest in London.

The rest of the country then caught up as the doubling rate in

London began to slow.

The North East and Yorkshire were the first areas outside the
capital to see the rate of spread rise rapidly, followed by the
other regions. The rate of spread has been consistently slower
so far in the South West.

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 How the number of confirmed cases and deaths are growing
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SOURCE: Public Health England and NHS England • Data for England regions does not include the latest
four days as data is likely to change in that period. Data updated on 25 May 2020

Initially, the UK saw near exponential growth in the number of

cases and deaths linked to COVID-19.

The UK daily deaths then began to flatten out. It is clear the UK is

past the peak, even though significant numbers of deaths are
occurring. What is not known is whether the UK will see a second
wave some time in the future.

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 Number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the UK

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SOURCE: Public Health England • Cumulative cases. Data updated at 15:21 30 May 2020

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SOURCE: Public Health England • Daily cases and deaths. Data updated at 15:21 30 May 2020

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