Direct impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
The first confirmed positive case of COVID-19 in North Tyneside was on 5 March 2020. As of 30 June 2021, a total of 15,517 people had tested positive for COVID-19. Overall, more females than males tested positive for COVID-19 and more positive cases have been found in the 20-49 age group, followed by 50-69.
A total of 479 COVID-19 deaths (Office for National Statistics) were registered in North Tyneside between 27 March 2020 and 18 June 2021. Of these, 302 were in a hospital, 157 were in a care home and the remainder were in a private home or hospice.
Between March 2020 and June 2021, there were 4,072 admissions to hospital as a result of COVID-19 across the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. (1)
1 Disaggregated data is not available by Local Authority to show North Tyneside residents admitted to hospital; therefore, hospitalisations are for Newcastle and Northumbria, which both serve the residents of North Tyneside.
Potentially, 3,100 North Tyneside residents could have long-covid based on 1.5% national estimates.