Interactive map shows excess deaths in YOUR area right through coronavirus pandemic

A NEW interactive map released today has revealed the number of excess deaths in regions across the UK during the coronavirus pandemic.

England was gripped by the highest number of excess deaths in Europe during the coronavirus pandemic, the new figures released today showed.

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And the interactive map released today by the Office for National Statistics has shown the extent of excess deaths - fatalities from all causes, not just coronavirus, above the five-year average - across the country.

Brent, in North-West London, recorded the highest excess mortality rate of local authorities in the UK of 357.5 per cent.

Enfield and Ealing in Greater London along with Thurrock in Essex were also named in the top 20 regions with the highest excess death rate across Europe.

In England, many London boroughs had excess death rates above 30 per cent including Wandsworth, Ealing, Westminster, Hackney and Newham, Lewisham and Southwark, Lambeth, Bexley and Greenwich, Barking and Dagenham and Havering, and Tower Hamlets.

Key findings include:

• The regions with the highest excess mortality rates were central Spain and Northern Italy
• Brent, in North-West London, recorded the highest excess mortality rate of local authorities in the UK of 357.5 per cent
• Birmingham had the highest peak excess mortality of any major British city at 249.7%
• England had the highest excess mortality rate out of the four UK nations
• Excess deaths in England peaked between February 21 and June 12 - second only to Spain
• England had the 'longest continuous period of excess mortality' of any other country

Meanwhile Birmingham had the highest peak excess mortality of any major British city at 249.7 per cent.

London and Manchester were also among the top-three cities with excess deaths - with the capital recording 226.7 per cent more deaths while Manchester recorded a peak of 198.4 per cent more deaths in April.

The ONS figures released today showed that central Spain and Northern Italy were the worst-hit regions in Europe - but England had the highest level of excess deaths of any country in the first half of this year.

This week, the ONS revealed there had been 51,454 excess deaths in England this year compared to the five-year average.

Meanwhile, Spain's National Statistics Institute registered 44,000 excess deaths in first five months of this year compared to 2019. Italy recorded 44,866 excess deaths between February 24 and May 9.

The new figures come amid fears of a second wave of coronavirus - with Health Secretary Matt Hancock warning the virus could again be "starting to roll across Europe".

Anyone coming back to the UK from Spain must now quarantine for two weeks after a recent spike in cases.

Health authorities today confirmed that Brits with symptoms of coronavirus will have to self-isolate for ten days - up from the initial seven.