(Daily Sceptic) – There have been over 8,750 more deaths than usual from causes other than COVID-19 in England and Wales in the past 10 weeks, the latest data from the Office for National Statistics show.
In the week ending July 1st, the most recent week for which figures are available, there were 10,357 deaths registered, which is 1,128 or 12.2% above the five-year average. Of these, 332 were registered with COVID as a contributory cause and 212 were registered as due to Covid as underlying cause.
This leaves 916 excess deaths from an underlying cause other than COVID-19, bringing the total non-COVID excess deaths in the 10 weeks since the recent spike began in late April to 8,756 deaths.
