A new interactive map shows the number of coronavirus-related deaths by postcode.

It brings home the sad impact the virus is having on communities.

The map, from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), reveals England’s poorer areas have more than twice the number of deaths than affluent areas.

It highlights the number of deaths whereby coronavirus was the underlying cause or was mentioned on the death certificate as a contributory factor.

In West Dorset, 23 people have died while nine had died in the north of the county. 13 people in Weymouth and Portland four in Purbeck.

The map can be broken down into specific wards and residents can search their postcode to see the number of deaths in their area.

Three people have died in the area of Bridport North and one in Bridport South and West Bay. 

There have been no deaths in Lyme Regis, according to the map. 

Here's a full breakdown: 

West Dorset

Bridport North  - 3

Bridport South and West Bay - 1

Beaminster, Maiden Newton and Halstock - 1

Lyme Regis, Charmouth and Marshwood Vale  - 0

Burton Bradstock and Chideock - 1

Yetminster, Bradford Abbas and Longburton - 2 

Chickerell - 1

Charlton Down, Cerna Abbas and Puddletown - 6 

Dorchester West and Poundbury - 5 

Dorchester East - 1

Owermoigne, Broadmayne and Winterbourne - 0

Sherborne - 2

There are some areas with no reported deaths, including Lyme Regis, Swanage and Bovington and Wool.

The figures cover the period from March 1 to April 17 and the information used to produce these statistics is based on details collected when certified deaths are registered with the local registration office. They exclude death of non-residents.

Points on the map are placed at the centre of the local area they represent and do not show the actual location of deaths To protect confidentiality, a small number of deaths have been reallocated between neighbouring areas.

A total of 23 patients are known to have died at Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester since the outbreak began.

Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs community hospitals across the county, has reported 12 deaths.

A spokesman for the trust said they could not comment on which hospitals deaths had occurred due to patient confidentiality.

The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has reported 55 deaths while 37 patients have died at Poole Hospital.

It means 127 people have died at Dorset’s hospitals after testing positive for the virus.

The ONS has also started publishing the number of deaths at care homes.

Between April 10 and April 25, 46 people died in care homes across the county.

In the Dorset Council area, 24 people died, while 22 deaths were reported in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council area.

As of 5pm yesterday, there have been 737 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the county.

In the area covered by Dorset Council, 324 people have tested positive for the virus, while 413 have been recorded in the area covered by BCP.

You can visit the map here.