The number of weekly registered coronavirus deaths is at its highest level in England since March – this is the situation in Derbyshire. Image: Pixabay.The number of weekly registered coronavirus deaths is at its highest level in England since March – this is the situation in Derbyshire. Image: Pixabay.
The number of weekly registered coronavirus deaths is at its highest level in England since March – this is the situation in Derbyshire. Image: Pixabay.

The number of new Covid deaths in every Derbyshire area as weekly figures reach highest level since March

The number of weekly registered coronavirus deaths is at its highest level in England since March – but what is the situation in Derbyshire?

A total of 995 deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending November 5 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

This is the highest number since the week to March 12 during the 2021 national lockdown, when 1,501 coronavirus deaths were registered.

Deaths involving the virus have been creeping up over the past four weeks, but remain significantly lower than those registered last winter during the second wave.

At its peak, some 8,433 deaths involving coronavirus were registered in the week up to January 22.

Here are the number of new deaths in every Derbyshire district, based on deaths per 100,000 people, in the month to November 7.