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Why are excess deaths higher now than during Covid?

5 November 2022

7:00 PM

5 November 2022

7:00 PM

More people are dying every week than during Covid’s peak years. Last month there were 1,564 more deaths than average each week – known as excess deaths – compared with just 315 two years ago and 1,322 last year. In the week to 21 October (the most recent week of data) ONS figures reveal there were some 1,646 excess deaths alone.

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