Published:
9:07 AM January 19, 2021
A man walks past a poster in the window of a Primark shop in the final week of a four week national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus.
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Almost half of all deaths between March and December last year in Norfolk s worst hit neighbourhoods were from coronavirus.
ONS data shows the virus was responsible for 802 deaths in the region – 8pc of the 10,442 deaths recorded.
The highest Covid death toll came in Swaffham, where 26 people died. In all, 123 people in the town died during the same period, meaning the virus was responsible for 21pc of deaths.
Published:
9:07 AM January 19, 2021
A man walks past a poster in the window of a Primark shop in the final week of a four week national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus.
- Credit: PA
Almost half of all deaths between March and December last year in Norfolk s worst hit neighbourhoods were from coronavirus.
ONS data shows the virus was responsible for 802 deaths in the region – 8pc of the 10,442 deaths recorded.
The highest Covid death toll came in Swaffham, where 26 people died. In all, 123 people in the town died during the same period, meaning the virus was responsible for 21pc of deaths.
Ms Jefferson is now on a waiting list and although she has been prescribed antidepressants, she says it has been a struggle waiting so long to start treatment.
“My life is on hold,” she said. “We all know about the physical side of things and how it affects people financially in terms of putting food on the table, and that’s important. But mental health is also important, and sometimes it feels like I’m being ignored.”
NHS data from last year reveals 75pc more people from poorer areas of Norfolk and Waveney contacted NHS mental health services compared to people from richer areas.
Coronavirus testing centre. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire
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The pandemic has hit everyone hard, but our investigation shows poorest communities are likely to suffer worst in the fallout to come. Sam Ferguson reports.
Annamaria Marlborough has been suffering for nine months.
Even before the virus hit, the grandmother from Norwich had been fighting chronic asthma.
“I’ve had it for a long time, but over the last two years it was out of control,” she said. “I’ve been on a lot of steroids to fight it.”
Annamaria caught coronavirus in March but is still reeling from the aftereffects.
Coronavirus testing centre. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire
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The pandemic has hit everyone hard, but our investigation shows poorest communities are likely to suffer worst in the fallout to come. Sam Ferguson reports.
Annamaria Marlborough has been suffering for nine months.
Even before the virus hit, the grandmother from Norwich had been fighting chronic asthma.
“I’ve had it for a long time, but over the last two years it was out of control,” she said. “I’ve been on a lot of steroids to fight it.”
Annamaria caught coronavirus in March but is still reeling from the aftereffects.