WORRYING figures from Cumbria Police have revealed a rise in suspected suicides across the county during the pandemic last year. Experts have warned that the long-term impact of Covid-19 on mental health is likely to be long-lasting and profound, with large numbers of people suffering increased isolation during lockdown and economic hardship through pandemic-related job losses. Though there is not yet formal evidence of more Cumbrians taking their own lives last year, the latest statistics suggest this may be the case. Following a Freedom of Information Request, Cumbria Constabulary has confirmed that in first 11 months of 2020, the force’s officers were called to 78 sudden deaths which were suspected suicides. Twenty related to people under 35. In 2018, the force were called to 55 suspected suicides.
WORRYING figures from Cumbria Police have revealed a rise in suspected suicides across the county during the pandemic last year. Experts have warned that the long-term impact of Covid-19 on mental health is likely to be long-lasting and profound, with large numbers of people suffering increased isolation during lockdown and economic hardship through pandemic-related job losses. Though there is not yet formal evidence of more Cumbrians committing suicide last year, the latest statistics suggest this may be the case. Following a Freedom of Information Request, Cumbria Constabulary has confirmed that in first 11 months of 2020, the force’s officers were called to 78 sudden deaths which were suspected suicides. Twenty related to people under 35. In 2018, the force were called to 55 suspected suicides.