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Coronavirus deaths 30 times higher in parts of Essex than rural Scotland

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coronavirus outbreak.Castle Point has suffered the highest death toll of any UK authority, with 393 per 100,000, while second-placed Tendering has 381 - a staggering 0.4% or one in every 250 of their populations.The figures, which include deaths within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19, Kent towns Hythe and Folkestone have also struggled with infections, with 364 deaths per 100,000 - more than 0.36% of the population.The picture is vastly different across the Scottish Highlands and Islands, which has seen rates as low as 13.5 on the Orkney Islands.In England, there have been 194 deaths per 100,000 - nearly 0.2% - compared to 186 across the entire UK.Rother in East Sussex at 343 per 100,000 and East Staffordshire with 337 are also.

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