Coronavirus deaths registered in Kettering and Corby go up as numbers fall everywhere else in Northants

The weekly number of deaths involving coronavirus registered in Kettering and Corby have gone up, making them the only local authorities in Northamptonshire to see an increase.

Figures from the Office of National Statistics show the increase, just three weeks after Kettering appeared to have passed a peak.

The latest data shows there were 12 deaths related to Covid-19 registered in Kettering during the week ending June 5, an increase of two from the previous week.

It is also the most registrations since a peak of 14 in the week ending May 15, which was much later than anywhere else in Northamptonshire and well after the national peak in April.

In Corby, there were four deaths linked to coronavirus registered in the week ending June 5, an increase from the two registered the week before.

Corby's peak was seven weeks before with nine coronavirus deaths registered in the week ending April 18.

In late May, Kettering saw a surge in new coronavirus cases and the county's director of public health, Lucy Wightman urged people to continue following social distancing guidance.

She said: "The people of Northamptonshire have been fantastic in the way that they have embraced social distancing and followed government and health advice so far during the pandemic – but it’s clear that we all must remain focused on playing our own part to stop the spread of coronavirus.

"Please stay at home as much as possible and limit contact with other people where it is necessary to go out, including remaining at least two metres away from people outside your own household and continue to wash your hands regularly."

Elsewhere in the county, the number of deaths linked to Covid-19 continued to fall.

Northampton had the highest peak in the county with 41 deaths mentioning Covid-19 registered in the week ending April 24. The weekly number of deaths registered in the county town has fallen ever since.

In the week ending June 5, only nine coronavirus deaths were registered in Northampton, the town's lowest toll in nine weeks.

Elsewhere in north Northants, East Northants registered four deaths in the week ending June 5, a fall of three from the week before.

In the same week, Wellingborough registered two deaths that involved coronavirus, a reduction of 50 per cent from the week before.

In total, Kettering has now recorded 87 deaths involving coronavirus. Corby has registered 45, Wellingborough has had 61 Covid-19 deaths and East Northants has had 85.

Northampton, which has the largest local authority population in the county, has registered 233 deaths.

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