The study, from the cross-party Science and Technology Committee and the Health and Social Care Committee, said the UK’s preparation for a pandemic was far too focused on flu, while ministers waited too long to push through lockdown measures in early 2020. Here are the number of people who died and had Covid written on their death certificate for each local authority in Yorkshire, up to September 24, 2021.
![A total of 767 people lost their lives with Covid-19 in Hull](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIyODM3NTA2.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![Kirklees was the only non-city area to top 1,000 Covid deaths, with a total of 1,014.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIyODM3NTA3.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
10. Kirklees
Kirklees was the only non-city area to top 1,000 Covid deaths, with a total of 1,014.
![Leeds predictably had the highest number of deaths in Yorkshire, with 1,842 people losing their lives during the pandemic.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIyODM3NTA4.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
11. Leeds
Leeds predictably had the highest number of deaths in Yorkshire, with 1,842 people losing their lives during the pandemic.
![The very northern tip of Yorkshire saw 365 deaths](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIyODM3NTA5.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)