Kettering: The Covid-19 deaths in your neighbourhood

The Office for National Statistics has released the most detailed breakdown of Covid-19 deaths so far
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Kettering had the lowest Covid-19 death rate in Northamptonshire during the peak of the virus, new figures have shown.

Today (Friday) the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released their most detailed breakdown of coronavirus deaths so far, including all deaths up to April 17 and covering the UK's deadliest day yet, April 10.

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For weeks deaths were only broken down by the hospitals victims died at, with care home deaths only recorded in figures released this week. There have been outbreaks of the virus in more than 50 Northamptonshire care homes and dozens of deaths.

A map shows the number of deaths in each areaA map shows the number of deaths in each area
A map shows the number of deaths in each area

But today the ONS released data showing where victims were from and highlighting which areas had the highest rate of Covid-19 deaths compared to all deaths across the same period.

Kettering had the lowest rate of Covid-19 deaths in Northamptonshire with 21 deaths at a rate 22.4 per 100,000 people - well below Northampton and East Northamptonshire at 39.7 and 39.6 respectively.

It also had the lowest rate of male Covid-19 deaths in the county - 28 per 100,000 - and the third lowest female death rate at 19 per 100,000.

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The borough was some way below the national average of 36.2 deaths involving Covid-19 per 100,000 people in England and Wales.

The figures revealed Barton Seagrave, Desborough and Kettering Town and West - covering the leisure village, town centre and the areas around Northfield Avenue and the hospital - had the joint-highest number of deaths with four.

Barton Seagrave had the highest percentage of Covid-19 deaths with 31 per cent of all deaths related to the killer virus.

Liberal Democrat councillor Andrew Dutton, who represents Barton Seagrave, said: "It is a tragedy for anyone to die of this illness and I send my sincere condolences to the friends and families of those in Barton Seagrave who have died from coronavirus.

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"We should not jump to conclusions about the reasons why Barton Seagrave seems to be a Covid-19 hotspot because the figures are not large enough to draw a firm conclusion.

"It may be due to the demographic profile of Barton Seagrave compared to other areas or it may simply be an unfortunate clustering of cases which led to this sad outcome."

Desborough had the borough's second biggest Covid-19 death percentage with 25 per cent.

Elsewhere in the borough two Covid-19 deaths were recorded in Brambleside in Kettering with two in Burton Latimer, Broughton and Mawsley, an area which also covers Pytchley, Loddington, Cransley, Thorpe Malsor and Harrington.

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One coronavirus death was recorded in Rothwell and one in the large area of Geddington, Rushton and Stoke Albany, which also spans the villages of Pipewell, Wilbarston, Dingley, Braybrooke, Weekley, Warkton, Cranford and Grafton Underwood.

In Kettering one death was registered from Avondale Grange, one in Kettering East (the Ise Lodge and Barton Road/Windmill Avenue area) and one in Kettering Central East (the areas around Havelock Street and Mill Road).

Yesterday (Thursday) Kettering General Hospital's grim death toll passed 100.

Today NHS England confirmed another 352 hospital deaths taking the hospital death toll to 20,483.

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Trials to test a vaccine - created by a team led by former Kettering schoolgirl Professor Sarah Gilbert - are ongoing.

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