Thursday, 12 December 2019

Eight hundred more people dying each week in England and Wales this winter on average

Eight hundred more people dying each week in England and Wales this winter on average The number of people dying each week this winter is far higher than average levels, official data revealed today.

Figures show 10,958 deaths were recorded in England and Wales during the last full week of November.

In contrast, this is almost eight per cent higher than the average for the same time period in the previous five years (10,164).

The Office for National Statistics data shows deaths between November 16 and 22 were also considerably higher - 758 more than the average since 2014. The Daily Mail

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