ONS - COVID-19 death rates significantly higher for social care workers

By Ann McGauran | 11 May 2020

Men and women working in social care both have significantly raised rates of death involving COVID-19, according to new analysis from the Office for National Statistics  (ONS).

The death rate for males working in social care was 23.4 per 100,000 (45 deaths) and 9.6 per 100,000 for females (86 deaths).

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