A total of 10,942 deaths from all causes were registered in England and Wales in the week to 26 August, according to the Office for National Statistics.
This is 16.6 per cent above the five-year average, the equivalent of 1,556 “excess deaths” during this week.
However, new figures show a continued downward trend in deaths involving Covid-19, which have fallen to the lowest level since the beginning of July.
A total of 453 deaths registered in the seven days to August 26 mentioned coronavirus on the death certificate, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) – down 18 per cent on the previous week.
The figures come following mounting concern over the high levels of excess deaths in England and Wales, and suggestions delays in NHS treatment are contributing.
Stuart Macdonald, from the Covid-19 actuaries’ response group, wrote
on Sunday: “There have been around 5,300 deaths with Covid-19 mentioned
on the death certificate in the last ten weeks. Covid was the underlying
cause for 3,400 of these and may also have contributed to others. Since
Covid does not explain all the recent excess we need to look at other
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