The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Fife records high number of weekly deaths from Covid
F“The next couple of weeks will give valuable evidence
ife has recorded the highest number of weekly deaths linked to Covid-19 in Scotland, according to new data.
A report from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) shows 15 people who died in Fife last week had coronavirus mentioned on their death certificates.
They were among 115 deaths linked to Covid across the country between November 8 and 14.
That was 25 fewer than the previous week.
Glasgow had the next highest number of deaths with 14, and there were eight in South Lanarkshire, according to the NHRS report.
In Fife, the number of weekly coronavirus deaths has increased since dropping dramatically in April.
On October 18 the kingdom recorded its highest number of weekly Covid-related fatalities since January when 21 people died.
Those dying with coronavirus are in the older age range.
In the first two weeks of November, the highest number of deaths being linked to the virus were in the 65-74 group, followed by 85-plus, and 75-84.
Pete Whitehouse, director of statistical services at NRS, said: “The next couple of weeks will provide valuable evidence on whether the latest fall is the start of a sustained decline or a continuation of the recent fluctuations.
“Our analysis shows that there continues to be an increased risk of dying with Covid-19 among people living in Scotland’s most deprived areas and that deaths of people with a Pakistani, Chinese, Indian or other Asian ethnicity are more likely to involve Covid-19 than those of people with a white Scottish ethnicity.”
It comes as the latest daily figures show that two further coronavirus-related deaths have been recorded in Fife.
No new deaths have been registered in Dundee, Perth and Kinross and Angus.
In Fife there are 53 people in hospital with the virus, five of them being treated in intensive care.
Across Tayside 42 hospital patients have had a positive Covid test and six people in ICU.