The UK has suffered almost 60,000 more deaths than usual since the coronavirus pandemic struck the country in mid-March, according to official figures released on Tuesday.
The Office for National Statistics said that in the week ending May 15, 14,573 deaths were registered in England and Wales — 4,385 more than average for that week and a deterioration on the 3,081 excess deaths recorded in the previous week.
With separate official figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland included, the total number of excess deaths, directly or indirectly caused by Covid-19 across the UK rose to 59,359 over the past nine weeks.
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