20 areas of England with highest death rate as Covid infections rise
| Date | 01 April 2021 |
| Published date | 01 April 2021 |
Castle Point and Tendring recorded the most deaths in comparison to their population sizes, following Folkestone and Hythe, according to official figures.
The list of top twenty death rates features several areas around Essex and Kent, where the British variant of Covid began spreading in December.
The 'Kent' variant spread from the south east to become the most dominant strain of the virus in the UK, then spilled out to Europe and other parts of the world.
The latest infection rate figures show nearly half of all English areas are still recording rises in Covid infection rates.
Of the 315 local areas in England, 130 41% have seen a rise in case rates, 175 56% have seen a fall and 10 are unchanged.
Corby in Northamptonshire continues to have the highest rate in England, with 155 new cases recorded in the seven days to March 27, the equivalent of 214.6 cases per 100,000 people.
This is unchanged on 214.6 per 100,000 in the seven days to March 20.
Rotherham has the second highest rate, up from 137.1 to 170.7, with 453 new cases.
North Warwickshire has the third highest rate, up from 73.5 to 168.5, with 110 new cases.
The five areas with the biggest week-on-week rises overall are:
North Warwickshire up from 73.5 to 168.5
Hinckley & Bosworth 42.4 to 103.4
Copeland 7.3 to 44.0
Trafford 37.9 to 74.2
South Kesteven 84.3 to 120.1
Twenty worst death rates in entire pandemic listed
Castle Point -361 deaths 399.4 deaths per 100,000 residents
Tendring -567 deaths 386.9 deaths per 100,000 residents
Folkestone and Hythe -421 deaths 372.6 deaths per 100,000 residents
East Staffordshire -416 deaths 347.4 deaths per 100,000 residents
Rotherham -330 deaths 343.5 deaths per 100,000 residents
Southend-on-Sea -603 deaths 329.3 deaths per 100,000 residents
Fylde -259 deaths 320.6 deaths per 100,000 residents
Havering -832 deaths 320.6 deaths per 100,000 residents
Barnsley -788 deaths 319.2 deaths per 100,000 residents
Wyre -353 deaths 314.9 deaths per 100,000 residents
Blackpool -436 deaths 312.7 deaths per 100,000 residents
Thanet -438 deaths 308.6 deaths per 100,000 residents
Burnley -274 deaths 308.1 deaths per 100,000 residents
Rochford -266 deaths 304.5 deaths per 100,000 residents
Sandwell -998 deaths 303.9 deaths per 100,000 residents
Walsall -832 deaths 291.4 deaths per 100,000 residents
Tameside -658 deaths 290.5 deaths per 100,000 residents
Eastbourne -300 deaths 289.2 deaths per 100,000 residents
Carlisle -312 deaths 287.1 deaths per 100,000 residents
Wigan -932 deaths 283.6 deaths per 100,000 residents
Full list of infection rates by area
The list has been calculated by the PA news agency based on Public Health England data published on March 31 on the Government's coronavirus dashboard.
Here is the list in full. From left to right, it reads: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to March 27; number in brackets of new cases recorded in the seven days to March 27; rate of new cases in the seven days to March 20; number in brackets of new cases recorded in the seven days to March 20.
Corby, 214.6, 155, 214.6, 155
Rotherham, 170.7...
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