How many people died of Covid in BCP when parties took place?

By Katie Clark

A shake-up has been promised in Downing Street after it emerged police are investigating at least 12 events across Government for Covid breaches including the Prime Minister’s birthday party and a gathering in his Downing Street flat.

The Prime Minister apologised on Monday and insisted “I get it and I will fix it” as he faced fresh calls to resign after Sue Gray’s limited inquiry criticised “failures of leadership and judgment”. But he repeatedly refused to rule out calls, including from senior Tory MPs, to publish the full unredacted report from the senior civil servant after she conceded she had to pare it back while the Metropolitan Police investigate.

We’ve taken a look at the number of people who died in the BCP area on the days the parties took place.

In total, 30 people died with Covid on these days.

Covid deaths in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on the days of parties investigated by Sue Gray
30 people died in BCP on the dates mentioned in the Gray report update

The dozen events being looked at by officers include a “gathering in the No 10 Downing Street flat” on November 13 2020, the night Mr Johnson’s former aides Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain left their roles.

The Gray report adds little in the way of new facts to the Partygate scandal, thanks to the Metropolitan Police’s request to censor information relating to the 12 gatherings that it is now investigating.

It also avoids directly criticising the Prime Minister himself, which will provide Mr Johnson with a small amount of insulation from further attacks and allows him to maintain his position that he believed the events he attended were within the rules.

Source: Bournemouth Echo
 

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