UK coronavirus live: Hancock calls urgent review into PHE coronavirus death statistics
The Office for National Statistics has just published its latest coronavirus death figures. They say that between 1 March and 30 June, there were 50,335 deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales. 46,736 of those deaths had COVID-19 assigned as the underlying cause of death. Some 26% of those who died had dementia and Alzheimers, the ONS said.
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