The number of suicides in the Liverpool and Wirral area has skyrocketed in the past three years, and NHS experts say Covid-19 could be partially to blame.
The latest annual report from the Liverpool and Wirral Coroner Area showed the number of recorded suicides has more than doubled since 2019, when 36 suicide conclusions were handed down between January and December (4.1% of all inquests).
In 2020, this number rose dramatically to 80 out of 821 hearings (9.7%), and remained at a similar level the following year, with 77 suicide conclusions out of 781 (9.8%).
