People with learning disabilities are up to 30 times more likely to die of coronavirus, according to a report by Public Health England. They concluded people with disabilities were up to six times more likely to die if they caught Covid-19, but that this varied substantially between age groups. The data is from March 21 to June 5 and was extracted from The English Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) AdvertisementCharities estimate there are around 1.5million people with a learning disability in the UK. Covid-19 accounted for 50 per cent of all deaths in disabled people between March and June, or 602 Covid-19 deaths compared to 542 deaths from other causes. In those aged 18 to 34 there were 38 Covid-19 deaths, compared to 44 from other causes.

Source: Daily Mail November 12, 2020 11:03 UTC