Across England and Wales Covid-19 accounts for 3.3% of all deaths recorded, compared to 4.2% last week. The data, which the Office for National Statistics released this morning, shows that deaths involving Covid-19 as a percentage of all deaths in care homes decreased to 5.1%. Across England and Wales seven of the nine regions had fewer Covid-19 deaths this week than last week. The ONS said that the total number of deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales was actually 51,291, up to July 17 but registered to July 25. In Wales there have now been 2,501 deaths registered involving the disease, which is 955 more than Public Health Wales figures.

Source: Daily Mirror July 28, 2020 08:43 UTC