How many people have died of Covid in YOUR area? Official data reveals the parts of Britain where coronavirus has killed one in 250 people

 

  • Nearly 0.4% of the populations in two Essex districts have been wiped out by coronavirus, No10 data shows
  • Confirmed virus victim rate 393 per 100,000 people in Castle Point, south Essex, highest of any UK authority
  • By contrast, authorities with lowest Covid death rates were rural areas in the Scottish Highlands and IslandsCoronavirus death rates are up to 30 times higher in the worst-hit parts of Essex than rural regions of Scotland, official statistics have revealed. 

    Data from the Government's Covid dashboard show there have been 393 confirmed virus victims per 100,000 people in Castle Point, the highest of any authority in the UK. In second worst-hit Tendring, the rate is 381. 

    These figures are the equivalent of almost 0.4 per cent of the population in each borough, or one in 250 people.According to the data — which look at deaths in which a person died within 28 days of a positive Covid test —Folkestone and Hythe, in Kent, has seen a similarly high number of victims at 364 per 100,000, the equivalent of more than 0.36 per cent of its population.

    By contrast, the local authorities with the lowest Covid death rates were rural areas in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, with the rate as low as 13.5 on the Orkney Islands. The figure for England as a whole has been 194 per 100,000 (almost 0.2 per cent) and the UK's is slightly lower at 186. 

    The figures offer yet more proof that Covid is much deadlier than flu, which kills around 0.1 per cent of everyone infected. Not everyone in England has even had coronavirus, meaning the true infection fatality rate (IFR) of the illness will be much higher. No10's top scientists believe the overall IFR is around 0.5 per cent but the disease is a lot deadlier to the elderly.

    The fact all three of the most badly-hit areas are in the South East of England is because the region bore the brunt of the second wave of the crisis this winter. An outbreak of the highly-infectious and more deadly B117 variant that emerged in Kent sparked a wave of hospital admissions and fatalities that surpassed the peak last spring.     

    MailOnline's analysis of the Department of Health figures reveal Castle Point had a Covid death rate of just 91 per 100,000 people, Tendring 92 and Folkestone and Hythe 122, at the start of September, before the new variant took off, revealing the scale of the winter wave. 

    Rounding out the five places with the highest Covid death rates were Rother in East Sussex (343 per 100,000) and East Staffordshire (337). 

    Areas in Lancashire, London and Yorkshire also saw more than 0.3 per cent of their residents killed by the virus in the last 12 months. 

    Nearly 0.4 per cent of the populations in two Essex districts have been wiped out by coronavirus, according to shocking Government Covid dashboard figures

    Nearly 0.4 per cent of the populations in two Essex districts have been wiped out by coronavirus, according to shocking Government Covid dashboard figures

    The Covid death rate for England as a whole has been 194 per 100,000 (almost 0.2 per cent) and the UK's is slightly lower at 186

    The Covid death rate for England as a whole has been 194 per 100,000 (almost 0.2 per cent) and the UK's is slightly lower at 186

    Five Welsh local authorities also recorded rates of over 300 Covid deaths per 100,000 population, the figures show, but those figures look at all fatalities in which the virus was mentioned on the death certificate.

    They are: Rhondda Cynon Taf (351 per 100,000), Bridgend (333), Merthyr Tydfil (333), Neath Port Talbot (318) and Blaenau Gwent (301). 

    These rates are naturally slightly higher because they includes all deaths where Covid was suspected of being a contributing factor without the patient actually being diagnosed with the virus. 

    For example, the UK's overall death toll within 28 days of a positive test is 124,566 but when this is extended to all fatalities suspected of being Covid it rises to 140,062.

    The latter dataset is crucial for trying to estimate the number of deaths during the first wave of the epidemic last spring, when testing was limited. 

    The Department of Health does not currently provide a breakdown of deaths in Wales within 28 days of a positive Covid test. 

    Meanwhile, the dashboard data revealed the Orkney Islands in Scotland have recorded just three Covid deaths within 28 days of a test since the pandemic began, giving it the UK's lowest fatality rate of 13.5 per 100,000. 

    Just a handful of deaths in Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, on the Isle of Lewis, gave it a rate of 26.2. 

    Moray (30.3), the Shetland Islands (39.3) and the Highlands (40.3) round out the bottom five.

    Covid, like all respiratory viruses, thrives in densely populated places where there is lots of social contact which makes it easier for it to spread between people. 

    In rural areas where residents live far apart and there are less pubs, restaurants and shops, the virus finds it more difficult to transmit. 

    According to global data from the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Tracker, the UK has suffered the third worst death rate, which it estimates to be 181 fatalities per 100,000 people. 

    The Department of Health claims the rate is actually slightly higher at 186.5.

    Experts have said Britain's dense population is thought to have been one of the driving factors behind it being one of the worst-hit countries, as well as London's status as Europe’s main transport hub. 

    However, a major report last week suggested countries badly hit by the pandemic were also home to the highest levels of obesity.

    The World Obesity Federation research found Covid deaths have been 10 times higher in countries where at least half of adults are overweight, and they have accounted for a staggering 90 per cent of global deaths.

    Critics of the report said the correlation did not prove causation, adding that although Western countries tend to be fatter, they were also less prepared for pandemics than nations in Asia that have battled several viral outbreaks in recent years.

    Britain yesterday recorded just 65 more Covid deaths, which was the lowest since October, before the second wave gathered steam. 

    Broken down, 109,664 have been in England, 7,422 in Scotland, 5,403 in Wales and 2,077 in Northern Ireland. 

    Deaths are expected to remain squashed now that almost 24million of the most vulnerable Brits have had their first Covid vaccine. 

    About a million have had both injections.

    The Oxford University/AstraZeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech jabs have been shown to be more than 80 per cent effective at preventing people from being hospitalised with Covid, even after just one shot.   

    DIFFERENCE IN COVID DEATH RATES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND WAVE IN 20 WORST-HIT AREAS

    LOCAL AUTHORITY 

    Castle Point

    Tendring

    Folkestone and Hythe

    Rother

    East Staffordshire

    Southend-on-Sea

    Havering

    Fylde

    Barnsley

    Wyre

    Blackpool

    Burnley

    Thanet

    Sandwell

    Rochford

    Walsall

    Eastbourne

    Carlisle

    Tameside

    Wigan

    CUMULATIVE DEATH RATE

    393.9

    382.1

    364.6

    342.4

    338.2

    317.8

    317.1

    315.7

    312.7

    308.7

    307.6

    305.9

    305.8

    300.2

    291.9

    288.6

    287.2

    285.2

    282.6

    279.6

    DEATH RATE (SEP 1)

    90.7

    92.1

    122.1

    38.5

    101.9

    89

    83.2

    101.5

    90.7

    92.8

    93.2

    51.7

    81.7

    96.5

    92.7

    105.1

    44.3

    93.9

    121

    94.3

    DEATH RATE DIFFERENCE

    303.2

    290

    242.5

    303.9

    236.3

    228.8

    233.9

    214.2

    222

    215.9

    214.4

    254.2

    224.1

    203.7

    199.2

    183.5

    242.9

    191.3

    161.6

    185.3

    How badly has your area been hit by Covid since the pandemic began?
    LOWER TIER LOCAL AUTHORITYCUMULATIVE COVID DEATH RATE (8 MAR)CUMULATIVE COVID DEATH RATE (1 SEP)DEATH RATE DIFFERENCE (2ND WAVE FIGURE)PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WAVES
    Rother342.438.5303.9689.35%
    Castle Point393.990.7303.2234.29%
    Tendring382.192.1290214.88%
    Hastings267.68.62592911.63%
    Burnley305.951.7254.2391.68%
    Eastbourne287.244.3242.9448.31%
    Folkestone and Hythe364.6122.1242.598.61%
    East Staffordshire338.2101.9236.3131.89%
    Havering317.183.2233.9181.13%
    Southend-on-Sea317.889228.8157.08%
    East Lindsey263.236.7226.5517.17%
    Thanet305.881.7224.1174.30%
    Barnsley312.790.7222144.76%
    Swale277.860.6217.2258.42%
    Wyre308.792.8215.9132.65%
    Blackpool307.693.2214.4130.04%
    Fylde315.7101.5214.2111.03%
    Stoke-on-Trent269.158.9210.2256.88%
    Blackburn with Darwen267.959.5208.4250.25%
    Mansfield246.142.1204384.56%
    Sandwell300.296.5203.7111.09%
    Staffordshire Moorlands271.269.1202.1192.47%
    Medway262.461.4201227.36%
    Ribble Valley236.536.1200.4455.12%
    Bolsover244.544.7199.8346.98%
    Rochford291.992.7199.2114.89%
    Braintree264.767.5197.2192.15%
    Boston242.345.6196.7331.36%
    Sefton276.880.3196.5144.71%
    Canterbury259.467.1192.3186.59%
    Pendle257.365.1192.2195.24%
    Carlisle285.293.9191.3103.73%
    Oadby and Wigston277.185.9191.2122.58%
    Allerdale263.973.6190.3158.56%
    Doncaster260.770.5190.2169.79%
    Eden253.563.8189.7197.34%
    Great Yarmouth232.543.3189.2336.95%
    Hyndburn246.859.2187.6216.89%
    Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole21628.8187.2550.00%
    Cannock Chase254.167.5186.6176.44%
    Wigan279.694.3185.396.50%
    Broadland23448.9185.1278.53%
    Gravesham266.582.3184.2123.82%
    Walsall288.6105.1183.574.60%
    South Bucks238.555.4183.1230.51%
    Knowsley270.488.2182.2106.58%
    King's Lynn and West Norfolk263.682.6181119.13%
    Brentwood272.792.2180.595.77%
    Surrey Heath241.961.6180.3192.69%
    South Tyneside273.693.4180.292.93%
    Wolverhampton271.591.9179.695.43%
    Bedford277.698.1179.582.98%
    Newcastle-under-Lyme265.887.3178.5104.47%
    Thurrock249.572.3177.2145.09%
    Maidstone219.443.1176.3309.05%
    Rochdale27297.6174.478.69%
    Basildon262.390.317290.48%
    Rotherham273.5101.7171.868.93%
    Amber Valley235.764171.7168.28%
    Sunderland268.397.2171.176.03%
    Dover266.795.717178.68%
    Hartlepool265.895170.879.79%
    Erewash237.566.7170.8156.07%
    Babergh22655.4170.6207.94%
    Lichfield258.789.716988.41%
    Kingston upon Hull, City of239.170.1169141.08%
    Stafford23667.7168.3148.60%
    Tamworth245.176.9168.2118.73%
    Chichester199.832.2167.6420.50%
    Copeland243.576.3167.2119.13%
    Maldon209.543.1166.4286.08%
    Epping Forest279.4113.1166.347.04%
    Derby253.888.2165.687.76%
    Mole Valley257.992.8165.177.91%
    Darlington230.365.5164.8151.60%
    Redbridge235.270.8164.4132.20%
    Fareham221.156.8164.3189.26%
    Ashfield236.972.7164.2125.86%
    Barking and Dagenham214.250.7163.5222.49%
    Three Rivers245.482.5162.997.45%
    Breckland212.249.3162.9230.43%
    Reigate and Banstead254.191.4162.778.01%
    St. Helens24280.3161.7101.37%
    Tameside282.6121161.633.55%
    Stockton-on-Tees221.460.3161.1167.16%
    West Lindsey177.716.7161864.07%
    Havant219.558.6160.9174.57%
    Tandridge240.680.616098.51%
    Oldham2488915978.65%
    Broxtowe226.367.5158.8135.26%
    Liverpool233.574.9158.6111.75%
    Arun184.125.5158.6521.96%
    Rossendale205.647.6158231.93%
    Cheshire West and Chester247.890.9156.972.61%
    Gedling211.255.1156.1183.30%
    Wealden203.147.1156231.21%
    High Peak238.584.2154.383.25%
    Melton187.533.2154.3364.76%
    Lincoln185.331.2154.1393.91%
    Epsom and Ewell225.771.9153.8113.91%
    Barrow-in-Furness234.280.5153.790.93%
    Dudley231.377.7153.697.68%
    Wirral246.693.8152.862.90%
    North Ayrshire199.646.8152.8226.50%
    Bury259.7107.3152.442.03%
    Warrington225.273.3151.9107.23%
    North Kesteven182.230.8151.4391.56%
    Solihull240.389.7150.667.89%
    Renfrewshire202.752.5150.2186.10%
    Lancaster193.843.8150242.47%
    Bexley223.574.5149100.00%
    Redditch215.866.9148.9122.57%
    South Kesteven184.735.8148.9315.92%
    Chelmsford220.972.9148103.02%
    North Hertfordshire205.157.6147.5156.08%
    Dartford237.189.7147.464.33%
    Rushmoor205.158.1147153.01%
    Colchester194.148.3145.8201.86%
    Hertsmere276.4130.6145.811.64%
    Sevenoaks203.758145.7151.21%
    Ipswich216.971.6145.3102.93%
    South Staffordshire213.568.5145111.68%
    North West Leicestershire197.953.1144.8172.69%
    Dacorum204.860.7144.1137.40%
    Broxbourne200.556.5144154.87%
    Bolton246.9103.6143.338.32%
    Birmingham227.384.1143.270.27%
    Wyre Forest23086.9143.164.67%
    North Lanarkshire192.249.2143190.65%
    East Riding of Yorkshire211.969.5142.4104.89%
    Ashford252.2110142.229.27%
    Northumberland207.865.7142.1116.29%
    Watford242.3100.4141.941.33%
    Norwich150.89.2141.61439.13%
    Lewes207.265.8141.4114.89%
    Sutton207.467.4140107.72%
    North Tyneside192.452.4140167.18%
    Windsor and Maidenhead188.248.2140190.46%
    Luton226.786.8139.961.18%
    North East Lincolnshire161.121.3139.8556.34%
    East Ayrshire181.141.8139.3233.25%
    North East Derbyshire241.5102.513935.61%
    Preston213.874.813985.83%
    County Durham232.293.8138.447.55%
    Redcar and Cleveland205.667.8137.8103.24%
    South Holland189.451.6137.8167.05%
    Blaby19760.1136.9127.79%
    Wakefield210.473.8136.685.09%
    West Lancashire226.690.1136.551.50%
    Harlow213.678.1135.573.50%
    Derbyshire Dales201.966.4135.5104.07%
    North Norfolk178.442.9135.5215.85%
    Chesterfield196.461135.4121.97%
    South Lanarkshire192.857.7135.1134.14%
    Bassetlaw18348.5134.5177.32%
    Gosport183.949.5134.4171.52%
    Waverley192.459.4133123.91%
    Leicester208.977.4131.569.90%
    Wycombe168.737.9130.8245.12%
    Milton Keynes169.639.3130.3231.55%
    North Warwickshire234.4104.2130.224.95%
    Rushcliffe180.450.3130.1158.65%
    Slough187.958.2129.7122.85%
    South Derbyshire203.273.7129.575.71%
    Hounslow197.468.9128.586.50%
    Worthing171.843.4128.4195.85%
    St Albans203.475.412869.76%
    South Ayrshire178.550.6127.9152.77%
    Portsmouth162.935.4127.5260.17%
    Welwyn Hatfield190.263.4126.8100.00%
    Nottingham177.551.1126.4147.36%
    Tunbridge Wells170.143.8126.3188.36%
    Bromsgrove243.3117.1126.27.77%
    Hillingdon194.269.1125.181.04%
    East Suffolk197.272.212573.13%
    Fenland194.469.7124.778.91%
    Tonbridge and Malling155.931.8124.1290.25%
    South Lakeland203.680.9122.751.67%
    Isle of Wight174.251.5122.7138.25%
    North Lincolnshire174.151.7122.4136.75%
    Kirklees180.558.2122.3110.14%
    Newark and Sherwood162.641.7120.9189.93%
    Scarborough179.358.8120.5104.93%
    Halton200.980.4120.549.88%
    Mendip137.617.3120.3595.38%
    South Ribble175.155.1120117.79%
    South Norfolk147.627.7119.9332.85%
    Northampton218.298.4119.821.75%
    Peterborough163.744119.7172.05%
    Spelthorne188.369.1119.272.50%
    Middlesbrough237.6118.5119.10.51%
    Wychavon181.662.611990.10%
    Aylesbury Vale161.943.3118.6173.90%
    Sheffield188.970.4118.568.32%
    Hart155.637.1118.5219.41%
    Chorley187.869.4118.470.61%
    East Dunbartonshire178.660.8117.893.75%
    Rutland150.332.6117.7261.04%
    Elmbridge178.460.7117.793.90%
    Charnwood164.146.8117.3150.64%
    East Renfrewshire171.754.4117.3115.63%
    Stockport21194.4116.623.52%
    Mid and East Antrim147.931.6116.3268.04%
    Salford21497.7116.319.04%
    Gateshead207.992.1115.825.73%
    Central Bedfordshire195.479.7115.745.17%
    Worcester16650.4115.6129.37%
    East Northamptonshire194.779.3115.445.52%
    Glasgow City175.560.2115.391.53%
    New Forest159.945.5114.4151.43%
    Newham173.959.8114.190.80%
    Bradford18874.5113.552.35%
    Croydon206.193.6112.520.19%
    Manchester178.366112.370.15%
    Crawley170.858.7112.190.97%
    Mid Ulster131.320.2111.1450.00%
    Shropshire169.358.5110.889.40%
    Merton191.280.4110.837.81%
    Perth and Kinross140.230.3109.9262.71%
    Corby167.558.2109.387.80%
    Dorset135.326.4108.9312.50%
    Mid Suffolk170.461.6108.876.62%
    Cheshire East204.195.5108.613.72%
    Malvern Hills15547108129.79%
    Warwick152.344.5107.8142.25%
    Woking162.755.6107.192.63%
    Bromley181.174.3106.843.74%
    Barnet185.779.3106.434.17%
    Harborough152.446.9105.5124.95%
    Somerset West and Taunton128.923.9105339.33%
    Clackmannanshire164.960.1104.874.38%
    Basingstoke and Deane16257.2104.883.22%
    Mid Sussex175.570.9104.647.53%
    Kettering185.783.5102.222.40%
    Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon12927.3101.7272.53%
    Enfield174.472.8101.639.56%
    Trafford187.986.4101.517.48%
    East Hampshire145.545100.5123.33%
    Ealing175.575.2100.333.38%
    Nuneaton and Bedworth211.7111.6100.1-10.30%
    Hinckley and Bosworth169.769.899.943.12%
    Kingston upon Thames164.564.899.753.86%
    Waltham Forest168.66999.644.35%
    Stevenage15656.999.174.17%
    West Dunbartonshire177.778.79925.79%
    Leeds156.657.998.770.47%
    East Devon115.517.198.4475.44%
    Test Valley152.253.998.382.37%
    East Hertfordshire146.248.797.5100.21%
    Stratford-on-Avon190.693.896.83.20%
    Telford and Wrekin139.642.896.8126.17%
    Wellingborough165.66996.640.00%
    Falkirk14346.696.4106.87%
    West Lothian132.236.695.6161.20%
    Inverclyde177.482.395.115.55%
    Calderdale143.348.794.694.25%
    Rugby136.842.294.6124.17%
    Cotswold153.65994.660.34%
    Antrim and Newtownabbey136.642.594.1121.41%
    Runnymede154.360.493.955.46%
    Chiltern160.366.693.740.69%
    York143.450.393.185.09%
    Brent210.4117.792.7-21.24%
    Herefordshire, County of143.250.892.481.89%
    Stirling117.826.591.3244.53%
    Craven155.864.89140.43%
    Reading159.568.690.932.51%
    Lewisham163.272.690.624.79%
    Forest of Dean131.441.589.9116.63%
    Bath and North East Somerset112.322.889.5292.54%
    North Somerset140.951.689.373.06%
    Brighton and Hove124.435.189.3154.42%
    Daventry154.766.388.433.33%
    Guildford126.238.387.9129.50%
    Gloucester15870.587.524.11%
    Hambleton135.44887.482.08%
    Cheltenham159.973.186.818.74%
    Newcastle upon Tyne14256.185.953.12%
    Bracknell Forest128.943.285.798.38%
    Hackney and City of London14357.485.649.13%
    Wiltshire127.44285.4103.33%
    Sedgemoor123.438.285.2123.04%
    Coventry140.555.485.153.61%
    Winchester146.661.784.937.60%
    Causeway Coast and Glens111.226.984.3213.38%
    Greenwich145.261.184.137.64%
    Tewkesbury143.16083.138.50%
    South Gloucestershire123.841.482.499.03%
    Horsham139.857.782.142.29%
    Selby11735.381.7131.44%
    Stroud136.75581.748.55%
    Tower Hamlets118.637.381.3117.96%
    Harrow197.5117.180.4-31.34%
    Eastleigh129.549.480.162.15%
    Uttlesford134.754.879.945.80%
    Cherwell124.945.279.776.33%
    Wokingham132.152.679.551.14%
    Wandsworth133.253.779.548.04%
    Lambeth152.774.278.55.80%
    Richmond upon Thames132.856.176.736.72%
    Torbay110.834.576.3121.16%
    Southampton123.248.774.552.98%
    Richmondshire143.368.974.47.98%
    Ryedale117.443.374.171.13%
    Angus113.639.67486.87%
    Derry City and Strabane87.913.974432.37%
    Islington119.645.873.861.14%
    Dundee City149.375.773.6-2.77%
    Haringey135.962.97316.06%
    Huntingdonshire134.361.872.517.31%
    South Northamptonshire118.546.671.954.29%
    South Cambridgeshire95.523.971.6199.58%
    Newry, Mourne and Down89.918.771.2280.75%
    Kensington and Chelsea13058.971.120.71%
    Teignbridge8817.170.9314.62%
    Swindon117.947.370.649.26%
    West Suffolk108.938.570.482.86%
    Midlothian164.494.170.3-25.29%
    Bristol, City of99.930.469.5128.62%
    Mid Devon86.31769.3307.65%
    South Oxfordshire11445.168.952.77%
    Aberdeen City101.934.167.898.83%
    South Somerset87.920.267.7235.15%
    East Cambridgeshire102.436.765.779.02%
    Fife99.33465.392.06%
    Lisburn and Castlereagh99.334.265.190.35%
    Dumfries and Galloway9226.965.1142.01%
    Exeter83.719.863.9222.73%
    Hammersmith and Fulham124.260.563.75.29%
    Belfast110.947.263.734.96%
    West Berkshire107.344.263.142.76%
    Westminster112.950.562.423.56%
    Oxford88.526.262.3137.79%
    City of Edinburgh111.450.161.322.36%
    Fermanagh and Omagh70.79.461.3552.13%
    Adur9837.360.762.73%
    West Oxfordshire106.650.65610.67%
    Cornwall and Isles of Scilly80.12555.1120.40%
    Scottish Borders87.433.853.658.58%
    Harrogate12571.553.5-25.17%
    Ards and North Down79.827.85287.05%
    Camden96.744.851.915.85%
    Plymouth79.728.251.582.62%
    Southwark102.252.449.8-4.96%
    Torridge77.627.849.879.14%
    Aberdeenshire69.722.247.5113.96%
    North Devon67.923.744.286.50%
    Argyll and Bute82.740.841.92.70%
    East Lothian97.15641.1-26.61%
    Vale of White Horse82.342.639.7-6.81%
    South Hams44.89.235.6286.96%
    West Devon57.423.334.146.35%
    Cambridge68.936.132.8-9.14%
    Highland40.312.727.6117.32%
    Comhairle nan Eilean Siar26.2026.2N/A
    Shetland Islands39.321.817.5-19.72%
    Moray30.313.616.722.79%
    Orkney Islands13.54.59100.00%

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