A new report reveals the devastating effect the coronavirus pandemic has had on North Tyneside.
Variants, Volunteers and Vaccines – the Director of Public Health’s Annual Report - charts the borough’s journey through the Covid-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2022. It reveals that up until January 31 this year, 65,277 people had tested positive for Covid-19 over the course of the pandemic in North Tyneside – with 580 sadly losing their lives.
There were around 600 outbreaks of Covid 19 reported up to January 31, 40% of which occurred in schools, 22% in care homes with the rest spread over a large number of settings. The highest number of daily cases was 1,244 on January 4 this year, and the highest number of monthly deaths occurred in May 2020 when 86 died.
