Over 850 health and social care workers have now died of COVID-19

883 health and social care workers have died of Coronavirus in England and Wales since March, according to Official data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) since March 2020.

The data reveals that male health and social care workers are around twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than their female counterparts. A total of 469 deaths among social care workers were registered in England and Wales between March 9 and December 28 2020, with rates of 79.0 deaths per 100,000 males and 35.9 deaths per 100,000 females.

Full story in Nursing Notes, 26 January 2021