Kent s coroners office dealt with 300 deaths last week
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Updated: 20:32, 18 January 2021
Kent s coroners are handling a distressing number of deaths caused by the coronavirus crisis, it has emerged.
Around 300 people were referred to the county s investigatory service last week, which is double the number of weekly deceased cases recorded in the first wave of the pandemic between March and June.
Archbishopâs Palace in Maidstone, .Picture: Andy Jones
Coroners are determining the cause of death for three times the number of referrals they dealt with before Covid last year, which was 100 weekly cases.
Stephanie Holt-Castle, who is Kent County Council s (KCC) director of planning and enforcement, said the demand on the coroner service is phenomenal .