The Office for National Statistics website have been updated with the breakdown of Covid-19 deaths in the Dorset Council area.
The information was collected between 1 March and 17 April 2020
The statistics show a significant difference between poorer and wealthier deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19), the rate for the least deprived area was 25.3 deaths per 100,000 population and the rate in the most deprived area was 55.1 deaths per 100,000 population; this is 118% higher than the least deprived area.
Locally the number of deaths were as follows:
West Dorset – 23
Weymouth & Portland – 13
North Dorset – 9
Purbeck – 4
Figures on deaths published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) differ from those produced by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the UK’s public health agencies for two main reasons: the time between death and reporting of the death and the ONS’s wider inclusion criteria.
Source: ons.gov.uk
