Easterhouse locals have expressed their surprise and confusion over the news that the area suffered a covid death rate 72% higher than for Scotland as whole.
The stark statistics were revealed in an independent report, conducted by JH Consulting, which aimed to measure the health and economic impact of the pandemic on Easterhouse.
It noted how Scotland’s communities with the highest poverty rates were disproportionately impacted, with the death rate in Easterhouse linked to the virus nearly three times higher than in Scotland’s other least deprived communities.
