Massive spike in excess deaths sparks calls for an 'urgent investigation'

Massive spike in excess deaths sparks calls for an 'urgent investigation' MPs have called for an urgent investigation into Britain's soaring death rates as thousands more people than usual are dying each week.

Some 17,381 deaths were registered in England and Wales in the seven days to January 13 – 2,837 above average for the time of year.

This is the highest number of excess deaths since 3,429 in the week to February 12, 2021, when the UK was experiencing its second wave of Covid-19 infections and vaccination had only just begun. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 13 January 2023 Office for National Statistics
• The King's Fund responds to the latest ONS mortality data The King's Fund
• Deaths nearly 20% higher than normal amid NHS crisis Evening Standard