REVEALED: These are the jobs with highest rates of death from coronavirus

    Female care workers were amongst the highest rates of death involving COVID-19

    These are the roles which, according to new figures, have had the highest death rates from COVID-19.

    Men in low-skilled jobs or caring, leisure or other service roles had the highest rate of death from COVID-19 in England and Wales from March to December last year.

    The Office for National Statistics said 7,961 deaths involving coronavirus in the working age population (those aged 20 to 64 years) were registered between 9 March and 28 December 2020.

    Nearly two-thirds of these deaths were among men - 5,128 fatalities.

    When looking at broad groups of occupations, men who worked in elementary occupations (699 deaths) or caring, leisure and other service occupations (258 deaths) had the highest rates of death involving COVID-19, with 66.3 and 64.1 deaths per 100,000 males, respectively.

    Elementary occupations include process plant workers, security guards, chefs and taxi drivers.

    In Milton Keynes, earlier in the month it was announced that two refuse workers had died after testing positive for the virus. These deaths sparked health and safety concerns, but the relevant organisations say they are working hard to keep staff safe. 

    Looking back at the figures, for female workers, some of the highest rates of death involving COVID-19 were for jobs involving assembly lines and routine machine operations, such as sewing machinists, as well as care workers and home carers.

    The data also showed that nurses statistically had significantly higher rates of death involving COVID-19 when compared with the rate of COVID-19 among those of the same age and sex in the population, with 79.1 deaths per 100,000 males (47 deaths) and 24.5 deaths per 100,000 females (110 deaths).

    Nursing auxiliaries and assistants also had elevated rates of death involving COVID-19.

    Rates of death in men and women who worked as teaching and educational professionals, such as secondary school teachers, were not statistically significantly higher.

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