Deaths in England and Wales were seven per cent higher than expected during the most recent full week of data, an analysis has revealed. Experts say there has been 71,200 excess deaths since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March, 10,400 of which have occurred since the second wave began. The figures were produced by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries’, which uses data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and its equivalents in Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA). ONS data shows there were 13,011 deaths in England and Wales during the week to December 18, a 12.7 per cent increase on the five-year average (11,548 deaths), and up 719 from the week before. But the IFA, which has kept track of deaths throughout Britain’s Covid crisis, claims the gap is actually just 7 per cent higher than the figure for last winter. Deaths in England and Wales were just 7 per cent higher than expected during the most recent full week of data when taking into account changes for key demographics Cobus Daneel, chair of the CMI Mortality Projections Committee said: ‘The CMI’s analysis of ONS data shows that there have been over 10,000 excess deaths in the second… Read full this story
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