The areas of Doncaster with most coronavirus deaths have been revealed.The areas of Doncaster with most coronavirus deaths have been revealed.
The areas of Doncaster with most coronavirus deaths have been revealed.

These are the 16 areas of Doncaster with most coronavirus deaths since lockdown

The 16 areas of Doncaster with the most coronavirus deaths since the start of lockdown have been revealed in newly released official figures.

The Office for National Statistics has released the number of deaths by postcode area in Doncaster up until the end of July.

According to the figures, Armthorpe North is the only place in the town where no Covid-19 deaths have been recorded from March up until the end of July.

The figures which divide Doncaster into 39 postcode areas, showed that Thorne has the worst rate of coronavirus deaths, with a total of 21 fatalities recorded between March and July.

There were 51,831 deaths occurring in England and Wales between 1 March and 31 July 2020 and registered by 15 August 2020 that involved COVID-19.

For the analysis, the ONS used the term “involving COVID-19” when referring to deaths that had COVID-19 mentioned anywhere on the death certificate, whether it was the underlying cause of death or not.