THE number of coronavirus-related deaths in every postcode area in Romsey and the surrounding towns and villages has been revealed. A map created by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows the number of deaths between March 2020 and March 2021 where Covid-19 was mentioned as a cause on the death certificate. It takes into account deaths that happened in hospitals, care homes, at home, communal settings and elsewhere . Although Romsey has had fewer cases and deaths than some areas of the UK during the pandemic, the heartbreaking data from the ONS makes it clear scores of people have died locally - each one of them a family tragedy, not just a statistic.
The Government map breaks down COVID-19 rates into smaller geographic areas, including nations and counties. At a lower level, it breaks them into Middle Layer Super Output Areas, or MSOAs, which are smaller, postcode-linked areas that are used for a range of Government statistics. Areas are colour-coded by their rate, with purples and blues being the highest, and greens and yellows the lowest. In our area, the MSOA with the highest number of cases in the week to December 15, when the latest figures were available, is Romsey Town which had 21 cases and a weekly rolling rate of 351.9 cases per 100,000 people.
The Government map breaks down COVID-19 rates into smaller geographic areas, including nations and counties. At a lower level, it breaks them into Middle Layer Super Output Areas, or MSOAs, which are smaller, postcode-linked areas that are used for a range of Government statistics. Areas are colour-coded by their rate, with purples and blues being the highest, and greens and yellows the lowest. In our area, the MSOA with the highest number of cases in the week to December 8, when the latest figures were available, is Totton Calmore which had 16 cases and a weekly rolling rate of 266.3 cases per 100,000 people.