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COVID-19: Living in the UK's deadliest place for coronavirus

Sky, 27 Jan 2021
The Welsh borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf has the worst coronavirus death rate in the whole of the United Kingdom.

With a population of just over 241,000 people, a total of 760 deaths have been recorded with COVID-19 as a cause, up to 15 January.

The rate of COVID deaths in the area is around double the UK's average rate.

Sky News' Lisa Dowd has the story.

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