How hard has the coronavirus pandemic hit every county in the Anglia region?

NHS coronavirus deaths picture collage for Anglia region
he latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show that nearly 5.900 have died with Covid-19 in the Anglia region. Credit: PA Images

The number of people dying with coronavirus is continuing to fall in the Anglia region but some areas are hit harder than others.

The weekly deaths have declined for the eleventh consecutive week in the area with 61 deaths recorded in the latest week to 3rd July, which is down from 74 the previous week. However in Bedfordshire the number of people dying in the same two weeks increased from 7 to 13.

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has issued the latest information on people dying with coronavirus or with coronavirus mentioned on the death certificate. It reveals that 5,885 have died in the Anglia region since the the start of the pandemic.

The ONS is the most reliable single source of data as it relies on the registrations of deaths but that means there is a delay in the information coming through. So the latest ONS statistics cover the period up to 3rd July.

There is more recent information also available.

The Care Quality Commission says 16 additional care home residents in the Anglia region had died in the week to 10th July. The NHS has also reported that 34 patients have died in hospitals in the region between 4th and 11th July.

The total coronavirus death toll in the Anglia region is now 5,935.

The number of people dying with coronavirus each week in the Anglia region has been declining for 11 weeks Credit: Data from the Office of National Statistics

On Tuesday, the NHS reported that a further six patients had died in hospitals in the Anglia region. Although the NHS had reported no deaths on Monday, that figure was revised when the weekend data became available on Tuesday.

The patients passed away at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, at Southend Hospital, at the North West Anglia NHS Trust, which runs Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon, and at the West Hertfordshire NHS Trust.

Overall Bedfordshire has seen the highest death rate in the Anglia region per head of population with the lowest rate in Norfolk.

Across the region, 81 people have died with coronavirus in every 100,000 of the population.

Numbers of deaths in each county in the Anglia region per 100,000 population

Data from the Office of National Statistics until 3rdJuly 2020

  • Bedfordshire - 97 deaths per 100,000

  • Cambridgeshire - 59 deaths per 100,000

  • Essex - 93 deaths per 100,000

  • Hertfordshire - 91 deaths per 100,000

  • Milton Keynes - 73 deaths per 100,000

  • Norfolk - 54 deaths per 100,000

  • Northamptonshire - 95 deaths per 100,000

  • Suffolk - 73 deaths per 100,000

Bedfordshire is the unitary authorities of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton. Cambridgeshire includes Peterborough and Essex includes Southend and Thurrock

The highest death rates in the Anglia region according the official data from the ONS are in Epping Forest (140 deaths per 100,000 population), Northampton (119) and the Tendring area of Essex around Clacton and Harwich (116).

The areas with the lowest number of coronavirus deaths per head of population are Norwich (18 deaths per 100,000 population), South Cambridgeshire (39), South Norfolk (41) and West Suffolk (42).

The map shows the number of people who have died with Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic. Credit: Data from Office of National Statistics, the NHS and the Care Quality Commission

Hospitals or NHS Trusts in the Anglia region with more than 100 coronavirus deaths

Figures from NHS England to 5pm on Monday 13 July 2020 released on Tuesday

  • 369 - West Hertfordshire NHS Trust including Watford General (up 1 since yesterday)

  • 351 - East Suffolk & North Essex (unchanged) which includes hospitals in Aldeburgh, Colchester, Felixstowe and Ipswich

  • 305 - Basildon Hospital (unchanged)

  • 302 - Northampton General Hospital (unchanged)

  • 282 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (unchanged)

  • 245 - Southend Hospital (up 2)

  • 235 - NW Anglia, Peterborough & Hinchingbrooke (up 1)

  • 219 - Bedford Hospital (unchanged)

  • 214 - Kettering General Hospital (unchanged)

  • 201 - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow (unchanged)

  • 195 - Mid Essex, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford (up 1)

  • 164 - East & North Herts including the Lister Hospital, Stevenage (unchanged)

  • 148 - Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn (unchanged)

  • 124 - Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge (unchanged)

  • 123 - Norfolk & Norwich Hospital (unchanged)

  • 117 - James Paget Hospital, Gorleston (unchanged)

  • 104 - Milton Keynes Hospital (unchanged)

  • 188 - Deaths in hospitals in the East of England attributed to Covid-19 on the death certificate but without a positive test (an increase of 1 since yesterday)

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