Covid death rate falling in the Anglia region but concern about care homes

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The latest official figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show the weekly number of people dying with coronavirus in the Anglia region has fallen for the second week.

There was also a fall in the number of people dying in care homes in the area in the week ending 1st May but more recent data from the Care Quality Commission has shown a subsequent rise in deaths the following week.

The information from the ONS is the most accurate and detailed available but because it is collated from death registrations and death certificates there is a time lag in publishing the data. The figures released on Tuesday relate to the period to Friday 1st May.

In the week to 1st May, 565 people died with Covid-19 in the Anglia region compared with 770 the previous week and 957 the week before that.

The figures include people dying in care homes, hospitals, hospices and elsewhere as well as those in pass away in their own homes.

Twenty people have died with coronavirus at the Pinelodge Care Home in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Credit: ITV News Anglia

The number of people dying in the Anglia region with Covid-19 in the week ending 1st May 2020

  • 365 people died in hospitals (65% of the total)

  • 164 people died in care homes (29%)

  • 16 people died in hospices (3%)

  • 16 people died in their own home (3%)

  • 2 people died elsewhere (

In care homes alone, 164 residents died in the week to 1st May compared to 234 in the previous week. That is a drop of 30%.

However the Care Quality Commission also collects information about people dying in care homes and in the week ending 8th May, the CQC is reporting 171 deaths suggesting the numbers are rising again.

If the provisional figures are confirmed that would be a weekly increase of 4%

The total number of people dying with coronavirus in the Anglia region has reached 4,300. Credit: PA Images

Since the start of the pandemic until 1st May, the ONS data reports that 3,888 people in the Anglia region died with Covid-19 mentioned on their death certificate.

When information from the Care Quality Commission and the NHS about more recent deaths in care homes and hospitals is included, the regional death toll is 4,360.

The statistics reveal that 36,591 people have died with Covid-19 across the UK since the start of the pandemic

The weekly number of coronavirus deaths in the Anglia region peaked in the week ending 17 April. Credit: Data from the Office of National Statistics

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