Coronavirus crisis: Updated online mapping too reveals latest Oakham death toll
By The Editor
12th Jun 2020 | Local News
Oakham East suffered 11 deaths from Coronavirus in the run up until the start of June.
The figure is released in new mapping data from the Office of National Statistics, which also reveals the worst or best hit areas down to postcode level in the months of March, April and May.
The figures are revealed as Lincolnshire Hospitals reports no new deaths for four days, putting its overall total at 140.
The online mapping tool says six deaths happened in April and five in May.
Oakham West, Langham and Whissendine suffered two deaths in April.
Uppingham, Lyddington and Braunstone suffered one death in April and two in May.
Market Overton, Cottesmore and Empingham didn't suffer any deaths at all!.
The figures exclude the deaths of non-residents in the area and are included when COVID-19 was the underlying cause or was mentioned on the death certificate as a contributory factor.
ONS figures see some delays while information is filtered through to them.
ONS figures have revealed a number of patterns nationally, including that people were dying at more than double the rate in the poorest areas compared to the richest and that deprived areas are disproportionately hit by COVID-19.
Other key figures in the interactive map showed Bourne had 19 deaths, with ten in Bourne West (7 in April, 3 in May) and nine in Bourne East (8 in April, 1 in May).
Stamford Central, West and South had one death and March and two in each of the following months.
Grantham suffered 11 deaths, Lincoln 55 deaths, Boston 18 and Spalding 16.
In addition to Lincolnshire Hospitals' death toll remaining at 140, the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Trust has also again seen no further reported deaths – sticking at a total of 115.
The total number of COVID-19 deaths in Greater Lincolnshire is 322.
Nationally, a further 70 people who tested positive for the Coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 27,860.
Across the UK, the death total today increased 202 to 41,481.
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus remained at 1,133 in Lincolnshire, which gives a rate of 149.9 per 100,000 of population.
This compares with an England average of 279.4 rate per 100,000 based on its 156,410 confirmed cases.
Rutland remains the fourth best in the country with 35 cases, the same for some time, with a rate of 88.2 per 100,000.
Melton has reported 76 cases (148.7)
North Kesteven has 136 cases (117.3)
South Holland has 230 cases (244.7).
South Kesteven has confirmed 167 cases (117.7) and increase of three over the week.
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