BREAKING: No excess deaths in England and Wales for first time since lockdown began
England and Wales registered no excess deaths over a week for the first time since before theOverall, the number of weekly registered deaths fell below the five-year average in the week ending June 19 – the first time that has happened since the week ending March 13. But Wales and five English regions still have death rates above the five-year average.
In both hospitals and care homes the number of deaths fell below the average, with 782 and 49 fewer deaths respectively. However, there were 827 excess deaths in people’s private homes.Of the 9,339 deaths registered in the week ending June 19, 783 mentioned ‘novel coronavirus’ – the lowest number of deaths involving Covid-19 for 12 weeks.
Some 14,658 deaths occurred in care homes, 2,259 in private homes, 684 in hospices, 221 in other communal establishments and 185 elsewhere, the ONS said.
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