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External Influences – COVID 19 Economic exposure

Hatch Regeneris have collated data under three themes,
economic, societal and health, to assess the exposure of local
authorities across England to the socio-economic impact of
Covid-19. Based on each indicator, those Local Authorities in

the top 25% have been classified as ‘Most Exposed’, those in
the middle 50% have been classified as ‘Exposed’ and those in
the bottom 25% have been classified as ‘Least Exposed’.
Health exposure
The adjacent tables include the exposure ranks for each local
authority in Cumbria, allowing us to see Barrow’s exposure
relative to all authorities in England and how it compares to
neighbouring areas.

Looking at economic exposure to Covid-19 (based on the
sectors mandated to close by the government), as well as
levels of self-employment (included because of the less robust
governmental support available) Barrow is relatively
unexposed. Societal exposure

However, on societal and health based measures
Barrow is more exposed. The borough has a

relatively high proportion of people who do not
use the internet, meaning that important updates
could take longer to reach all of the population.
Also, with high levels of income and health
deprivation, the physical and financial toll of the
disease could be especially heavy on Barrow.

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