Deaths from heart disease have shot up by nearly 5,000 since the start of the pandemic, new figures show. Delays to surgery and routine heart care have also taken a toll. The British Heart Foundation calculates there have been 4,622 ‘excess deaths’ from heart and circulatory diseases between the start of the pandemic and mid-October. As the nation went into lockdown in late March there was a significant fall in people seeking help for suspected heart attacks. ‘From the onset of the pandemic to October 16 there had been 4,622 excess deaths in England.

Source: Daily Mail November 14, 2020 01:36 UTC