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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Paul Britton & Lee Grimsditch

The neighbourhoods across Merseyside hit hardest by coronavirus - enter your postcode to see figures for your area

Aigburth & Grassendale in Liverpool and Hoylake in Wirral have been hardest hit by Covid-19 deaths in Liverpool, official new figures have revealed.

There have been 30 deaths recorded in Aigburth & Grassendale and 26 in Hoylake involving coronavirus, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

A published interactive map today reveals the true scale of coronavirus deaths across our region.

The map shows how each region has been hit by the virus and people can enter their postcode to find figures for their area.

The data reveals area-by-area deaths in the period March to May where coronavirus was mentioned on a death certificate as a cause.

People can enter their postcode to find figures for their area.

The size of the circle increases with a higher number of deaths.

Tragically, behind every statistic is a loved one.

There have also been 25 deaths in Knotty Ash, the second-worst area for coronavirus-related tragedy in Liverpool.

Poulton, Raby Mere & Thornton Hough, Wirral has 24 deaths, the second-highest in Wirral.

Thatto Heath & Lea Green in St Helens also shows a high number with 22 deaths.

The ECHO has taken just a snap-shot of the data to reveal some of the areas with the highest numbers of Covid-19-related deaths in Merseyside.

Aigburth & Grassendale - 30

Hoylake, Wirral - 26

Knotty Ash - 25

Poulton, Raby Mere & Thornton Hough, Wirral - 24

Thatto Heath & Lea Green, St Helens - 22

Upton West, Wirral - 22

Hunts Cross - 21

Mossley Hill West & Sefton Park - 20

Woodchurch, Wirral - 18

Claughton South & Oxton North, Wirral - 18

Lower Bebington & Bromborough Pool, Wirral - 18

Dovecot - 17

Huyton West & Roby - 15

Woolton - 14

According to an article first published in the Manchester Evening News, despite the widespread tragedy, the data map reveals areas where no, or very few, Covid-19 deaths have been officially recorded.

The number of people with Covid-19 in England continues to fall, the ONS figures show.

The number of average infections per day since the end of April has fallen from 5,600 new infections per day to 4,500, according to the latest figures.

This is a snapshot of the average number of infections recorded by ONS taken at weekly intervals.

And it suggests only about one in 1,700 people were infected between May 25 and June 7.

While the number of lives lost to the virus has today risen by 202, with the UK death toll now recorded at 41,481.

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