New figures show coronavirus mortality rates for London and rest of England

Kit Heren24 July 2020

North-west England had the highest death rate linked to coronavirus of all English regions in June, new figures show, but mortality rates dropped sharply across the country compared with May.

Nine people per 100,000 died with coronavirus in June in the region, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), down from more than 27 the previous month.

In London the coronavirus death rate fell from 16.2 in May to 3.1 in June - having peaked at 94.7 in April.

North-east England saw the biggest drop in mortality rates. Whereas the region had an average of 33.5 deaths per 100,000 people in May, this figure dropped to 7.2 per 100,000 in June.

UK hospital workers
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Meanwhile south-west England had the lowest Covid-19 mortality rate in June, with 2.1. The region has reported the lowest coronavirus death rate of any part of England during each of the last four months.

The figures are based on all deaths where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate and which had been registered by July 1, according to the ONS.

Coronavirus mortality rate by region (per 100,000 people) Data: ONS 
Region March April May June
North East  4.9  59.4  33.5  7.2
North West  6.7  65.7  27.5  9.0
Yorkshire and the Humber  3.8  50.2  27.0  8.2
East Midlands  5.0  44.3  22.3  8.3
West Midlands  11.8  59.6  22.6  6.2
East of England  6.2  45.4  19.0  5.3
London   27.9  94.7  16.2  3.1
South East   6.2  44.2  17.9  4.9
South West  2.9  28.0  10.5  2.1

More locally, Ashford in Kent was the local authority with the highest mortality rate involving Covid-19 in England in June, with a rate of 36.5 deaths per 100,000 people - broadly unchanged from 36.7 in May.

The London borough of Brent was the local authority in England with the highest overall Covid-19 mortality rate across the four months from March to June, with 216.6 deaths per 100,000 people.

Brent was followed by four other London boroughs: Newham with 201.6 deaths per 100,000 people, Haringey with 185.1, Hackney with 183.3 and Harrow with 182.8.

Brent, Newham, Haringey and Hackney are all in the top six poorest London boroughs, according to a 2020 study by Trust for London.

Other than London, the local authorities with the highest mortality rate across this period were Middlesbrough with 178, followed by Hertsmere in Hertfordshire with 166.7, Salford in Greater Manchester with 166.2, Watford with 165.2 and Liverpool with 150.4.

The local neighbourhood or district in England with the highest number of deaths involving Covid-19 so far is still the area of Crabtree & Fir Vale in Sheffield, according to the ONS. The neighbourhood has seen a total of 67 people die.

Crabtree & Fir Vale is followed by Bishop Auckland Central & West in County Durham with 38 deaths, Church End in Brent with 36 deaths, Nascot Wood in Watford with 34 deaths and Cramlington Town & Beaconhill in Northumberland with 34 deaths.

Hospital workers with a patient 
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The figures for Wales show that the coronavirus mortality rate dropped from 19.3 deaths per 100,000 population in May to 5.4 deaths per 100,000 people in June - having peaked at 43.7 in April.

The local authority area in Wales with the highest mortality rate in June was Wrexham with 15.0, down from 23.5 in May.

Across the four months of March to June, the highest death rate was in Cardiff with 132.5, followed by Rhondda Cynon Taf with 130.9 and Newport with 119.9.

The local neighbourhood or district in Wales with the highest number of deaths involving Covid-19 so far is Porth East & Ynys-hir in Rhondda Cynon Taf, which has seen a total of 29 deaths.

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