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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Mark Johnson

Clinically vulnerable on Merseyside are at risk now that Covid restrictions have been axed

People in Liverpool could be among the most likely in the country to be at higher risk from Covid-19 after the remaining restrictions ended recently.

Around 49,395 people across the city were recorded as being “clinically extremely vulnerable” and at high risk of death from Covid-19 at the end of September, the latest NHS figures show.

That’s about 9.9% of the city’s population, according to Office for National Statistics estimates – the third-highest proportion of any area in England.

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