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Hundreds of UK towns and villages have yet to record a single death from coronavirus , new postcode data shows.

A map released by the Office for National Statistics suggests that most fatalities linked to Covid – 21 have been in densely populated cities such as London, Birmingham and Manchester, and along the transport routes which link them together.

However, areas which are further away appear to have been spared the worst of the highly infectious virus.

The ONS data suggests that large parts of Wales and the south west and east of England have been untouched by the deadly bug.

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London has been hit particularly hard by the disease as these clusters show

The map – which only covers England and Wales – analyzes , (deaths linked to Covid –

(registered between March 1 and April 20.

In Cornwall alone, there are towns which have not seen a single life lost.

In Suffolk, at least local authorities have not recorded any fatalities linked to the pandemic, with a further in Norfolk.

The same is true for nine. towns and villages i n the county of Conwy in Wales, seven in Pembrokeshire, five in Gwynedd and another five in Ceredigion.

Although London has been a hotspot for the virus, three areas have been untouched

Despite London being a particular hotspot for the virus – accounting for more than half of all of the nation’s deaths – the capital has three areas which have yet to succumb.

Lambeth North, Borough and Southwark Street or North Acton are all yet to record a single fatality.

It comes after separate figures revealed a shocking North-South divide has opened up during the coronavirus crisis – with people in Northern communities and the Midlands at greater risk of contracting the killer bug .

People in poorer areas are twice as likely to die from the virus as those in affluent parts of the country, experts have said.

New research shows that Middlesbrough and Walsall have the highest rates of infection in the country – with Wolverhampton, Gateshead and St Helens also among the places where the di sease has spread widely.

Figures released by the Center for Progressive Policy this week show that of the 24 places with the highest infection rates, just one – Luton – is in the south.