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One of the UK’s most remote cities has been affected by a higher rate of coronavirus cases than anywhere else in England and Wales.
According to the latest government figures, at least 552 people in Barrow-in-Furness, hiding on the Cumbrian coast, have caught the killer bug since the outbreak began in February.
There are only 67,000 people living in the city on the Furness Peninsula in North West England, so with a rate of 882 cases per 100,000 this means 0.88 percent.
This means that Barrow’s infection rate is more than double that of Wales (365 per 100,000) and more than three times the rate of England (244) and Scotland (251).
Compared to the rate of 220 in Northern Ireland, it is quadruple.
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Of the cases in Barrow, 61 people died after contracting coronavirus, giving it a death rate of 91 per 100,000, this is one of the worst death rates outside London.
Officials are puzzled as to why the city has suffered so much, even though it attracts far fewer tourists than the number visiting the nearby Lake District.
A report by the National Statistics Office (ONS) this month stated that people living in the poorest parts of the country die at twice the rate of those in the wealthiest areas.
Experts say poorer people are more at risk, as they are more likely to work in jobs that cannot be done from home, live in overcrowded homes, and use public transportation more.
Lee Roberts, deputy director of the Barrow City Council, believes that high levels of deprivation could be a factor in the large number of cases.
He called the figures at Barrow a “big concern” as the closure measures are relaxed today.
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He added: “Most of Barrow is very compact: 40 to 50 percent of Barrow are semi-detached houses and we have many apartments, we have many deprivations, many health inequalities.”
The poorest are also more likely to have underlying health conditions and have compromised immune systems, putting them at greater risk.
Barrow has high levels of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compared to the national average, both of which worsen virus symptoms.
Roberts added: “We have a lot of historical respiratory problems from people who worked in the old industry, in the shipyards.”
Barrow also has a higher than average number of diabetes patients. blood pressure and obesity, which are all risk factors for Covid-19.
According to some estimates, those 80 and older are 12 times more likely to become seriously ill with coronaviruses, and Barrow’s population is also higher than average, with 22.7 percent of residents ages 65 to 90.
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In England, the average is 18.3 percent.
But some of the cases can be traced back to a house party in Barrow that took place before the closing in March.
A ‘super diffuser’ attended that resulted in at least six people contracting the virus and the city’s first death, according to The Guardian.
But how the disease infected hundreds more at Barrow is a mystery.
Figures show that Lancaster in Lancashire has the second highest rate at 753 and Cumbria is also home to the area with the third highest rate of infection such as South Lakeland, which is east of Barrow-in-Furness, with a rate of 488 cases. for every 100,000 people.
Experts can’t understand why the Northwest has become a hotspot for coronavirus cases, but local public health officials think it could be because more people are being tested.
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The University Hospital of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust (UHMBT) covers three hospitals that treat patients with coronavirus: General Furness in Barrow, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, and General Westmorland in Kendal in South Lakeland.
According to NHS England, the trust has recorded 156 deaths.
Colin Cox, Cumbria’s director of public health, claims that the NHS trust began mass testing its employees and patients in late February and has conducted three times as many tests on average.
He told The Guardian, “The evidence rate at Barrow has been two to three times higher than in many other parts of the Northwest, so that will explain a good deal, but I don’t think it explains all of that.”
Ashford in Kent has the fourth highest infection rate of 484 cases per 100,000, followed by Gateshead (478), Sunderland (477), South Tyneside (447), Middlesborough (446), Carlisle (430) and tenth place has been Named as Brent: The only London region in the top 10.
ONS figures show that there have been 28 deaths around a small group of streets in Harlesden, which is in Brent, alone.
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Hastings in East Sussex has the lowest rate in England with 47 out of 100,000 contracting the virus.
They are followed by Mendip, Somerset (50), Torridge in North Devon (51), Rutland in East Midlands (68), West Lindsey in Lincolnshire (80, North Devon (87), North East Lincolnshire (89), Rother in East Sussex ( 90), South Hams in Devon (91) and Arun in West Sussex (91).
Birmingham university hospitals have been revealed as the hospital’s trust to be the toughest in the country for coronavirus with at least 820 deaths.
Across England, all major trusted hospitals except children’s hospitals have now registered at least one person who died after testing with coronavirus, but some have been more affected than others.
The 10 worst affected hospital trusts, in London, Birmingham, Derby and Manchester, have recorded 4,808 deaths.
This is equivalent to 16 percent of the total deaths in only 4.6 percent of the country’s hospitals.
The figures also show that coronavirus is more prevalent in large cities, as 11 of the 20 most affected hospitals have been in London, two in Birmingham, two in Manchester and the others in Liverpool, Leeds and Sunderland.
The 820 people who have died in Birmingham hospitals represent 3.5% of the 23,359 who have confirmed death from coronavirus in hospitals in England so far.
The death toll there is 47 percent higher than the Barts Health Trust in central London, the second most affected, where 558 people died.
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According to data from NHS England, London North West University Healthcare (550), King’s College Hospital (461), Royal Free London (452), Imperial College Healthcare (400) Barking, Havering & Redbridge (379); and Lewisham and Greenwich (374) fill most of the 10 hospitals with the most victims.
The others have been named as Derby and Burton University Hospitals (424) and Sharp Penn Hospitals in Manchester (390).
Scientists say that the coronavirus is more likely to spread in cities because people live closer together than in more rural areas.
They are more likely to approach large numbers of strangers, rely on public transportation, and touch contaminated surfaces, such as railings or door handles.
While 40 hospitals have recorded 200 or more deaths and account for half of the total victim count (12,495), only 20 have recorded only one death each.
Another 13 have recorded two deaths each and 115 have had 100 deaths or fewer.
Smaller and more specialized settings, such as community health associations, minor hospitals, private hospitals, and children’s hospitals, have reported fewer deaths.
Woodlands Hospital in Darlington, which is privately managed by IMC, is the only hospital listed in NHS England statistics with no deaths.
The test data also provides insight into how the coronavirus is affecting different areas of England and the UK differently.
MP Jonathan Ashworth, Labor Shadow Health Secretary, said the data shows “the coronavirus thrives on inequality.”
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