Coronavirus-related deaths rise to 356 among UK Jews

The latest figure covers fatalities across the community as the number of casualties continues to mount nationally

By Mathilde Frot
29 April 2020, 3:56 pm
Coronavirus particle (Credit: Felipe Esquivel Reed, CC BY-SA 4.0, www.commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=87846813)

The number of coronavirus-related fatalities has risen to 356 among UK Jews as of Tuesday, up from 352 on Monday, as the national death toll continues to climb.

The latest figure, released on Wednesday, covers fatalities both in hospital and beyond, using data gathered from six of the largest Orthodox and denominational burial boards, according to data collated by the Board of Deputies.

They are the Adath Yisroel Burial Society, the Federation of Synagogues Burial Society, the Joint Jewish Burial Board, Liberal Judaism, the Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi Community and the United Synagogue Burial Society.

The Board of Deputies monitors the number of funerals carried out by burial societies, where covid-19 appeared on the deceased’s death certificate.

“We wish their families a long life, and pray that the memory of their loved ones should be for a blessing,” the representative body said in a statement.
The national death toll surpassed 21,000 as of Sunday afternoon among those hospitalised who tested positive for the virus, the government said.
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