London becomes the first region in England to see deaths fall BELOW average as Covid-19 crisis continues to fade and coronavirus death toll plummets to 10-week low
- In London 891 people died of all causes between May 30 and June 5, down from 917 average for that week
- At least 47,820 people have died across England and Wales with Covid-19 so far, the ONS shows
- The backdated total for the entire UK stood at at least 52,594 for June 5, much higher than official
- Department of Health has counted 41,736 fatalities so far, missing out almost 11,000 who were not tested
- Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19
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The number of people dying in London has fallen below average for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak started in March, promising data shows.
A weekly report from the Office for National Statistics shows that the number of people who died of any cause in London was three per cent lower than average between May 30 and June 5.
This includes people who died with the coronavirus as well as anyone else who died in that time.
Over the past five years, the average number of people to die in that week has been 917, but it was 891 in 2020 – a fall of 2.8 per cent.
Meanwhile deaths remain higher than average in every other region of England, and Wales, with Wales still seeing 15 per cent more deaths than usual.
The good news comes as Covid-19-specific data reveals the virus’s death toll hit a 10-week low, marking another significant fall as the disease fades out of Britain.
Lockdown loosened a bit more for people in England yesterday when ‘non-essential’ high street shops reopened to the public.
Data from the ONS, National Records of Scotland and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) show at least 52,594 people have died of Covid-19.
The week from May 30 to June 5 marked another significant fall in the number of people dying with the coronavirus in England and Wales as the weekly total hit a 10-week low and the lowest since the end of March.
London is the only region where the number of people dying of any cause (blue line) has now dropped below the average for that time of year (dotted line) since March
Some 1,588 people died with the virus in that week, down 13 per cent from the 1,822 who died in the week before.
England and Wales will not have returned to pre-lockdown levels of mortality until fewer than 539 people die in a week – that was the number recorded in the week ending March 27, when schools and workplaces closed.
LOCAL AUTHORITY | DEATHS | LOCAL AUTHORITY | DEATHS |
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Birmingham | 1,167 | Havant | 106 |
Leeds | 664 | Folkestone and Hythe | 106 |
County Durham | 657 | Wealden | 105 |
Liverpool | 551 | Dartford | 105 |
Sheffield | 546 | Welwyn Hatfield | 105 |
Croydon | 479 | Hartlepool | 104 |
Brent | 478 | Portsmouth | 104 |
Cheshire East | 471 | Wyre | 104 |
Bradford | 457 | South Derbyshire | 102 |
Barnet | 447 | Tewkesbury | 102 |
Wirral | 405 | Elmbridge | 102 |
Ealing | 396 | Mole Valley | 102 |
Harrow | 390 | Wychavon | 101 |
Enfield | 381 | Neath Port Talbot | 101 |
Buckinghamshire | 374 | Chorley | 100 |
Manchester | 371 | Fareham | 97 |
Walsall | 365 | East Hertfordshire | 97 |
Cardiff | 357 | North Lincolnshire | 96 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 355 | Telford and Wrekin | 96 |
Sandwell | 346 | Warwick | 96 |
Wiltshire | 342 | North Hertfordshire | 95 |
Stockport | 333 | Dover | 95 |
Sunderland | 332 | Eastleigh | 94 |
Bromley | 330 | Broxtowe | 93 |
Wigan | 326 | Stroud | 92 |
Wakefield | 324 | Sevenoaks | 92 |
Redbridge | 309 | Vale of Glamorgan | 92 |
Hillingdon | 308 | High Peak | 91 |
Bolton | 306 | Amber Valley | 90 |
Salford | 306 | Bath and North East Somerset | 89 |
Newham | 302 | Peterborough | 89 |
Wolverhampton | 296 | Powys | 89 |
Kirklees | 295 | Breckland | 88 |
Dudley | 292 | Kettering | 88 |
Rotherham | 291 | South Staffordshire | 88 |
Derby | 285 | Guildford | 87 |
Lewisham | 285 | Bridgend | 87 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 278 | Blackburn with Darwen | 86 |
Coventry | 278 | Plymouth | 86 |
Lambeth | 278 | Three Rivers | 86 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf | 278 | East Northamptonshire | 86 |
Sefton | 272 | Spelthorne | 86 |
Havering | 271 | Surrey Heath | 86 |
Solihull | 266 | Tandridge | 86 |
Haringey | 264 | Denbighshire | 86 |
Northumberland | 261 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 85 |
Leicester | 258 | Darlington | 83 |
Tameside | 252 | Brentwood | 83 |
Oldham | 245 | Erewash | 82 |
Southwark | 244 | South Ribble | 82 |
Waltham Forest | 244 | Chesterfield | 81 |
Central Bedfordshire | 241 | Rochford | 81 |
Northampton | 238 | Gravesham | 81 |
Bristol, City of | 234 | Cambridge | 80 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 234 | East Hampshire | 80 |
Gateshead | 228 | Epsom and Ewell | 80 |
Barnsley | 223 | Carmarthenshire | 80 |
Greenwich | 223 | Isle of Wight | 79 |
Shropshire | 221 | Fylde | 79 |
Hackney | 221 | Rushcliffe | 79 |
Hounslow | 221 | Rushmoor | 78 |
Trafford | 220 | Chichester | 78 |
Bexley | 218 | Scarborough | 77 |
Warrington | 216 | Conwy | 77 |
Nottingham | 216 | Castle Point | 76 |
Bury | 215 | Barrow-in-Furness | 75 |
Doncaster | 214 | Crawley | 75 |
East Suffolk | 211 | Broxbourne | 74 |
Wandsworth | 210 | North Warwickshire | 74 |
Rochdale | 204 | Fenland | 73 |
Cornwall | 203 | Worthing | 73 |
Middlesbrough | 198 | Derbyshire Dales | 72 |
Merton | 196 | Newark and Sherwood | 72 |
Swansea | 196 | Oxford | 72 |
Luton | 195 | West Suffolk | 72 |
Milton Keynes | 192 | Monmouthshire | 72 |
Basildon | 191 | Harlow | 71 |
St. Helens | 188 | Cannock Chase | 71 |
Tower Hamlets | 185 | Mid Suffolk | 71 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of | 182 | Pendle | 70 |
Westminster | 182 | Rugby | 70 |
Medway | 179 | Blaby | 69 |
Southend-on-Sea | 178 | Broadland | 69 |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 178 | Tonbridge and Malling | 68 |
Epping Forest | 178 | Woking | 68 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 176 | Bracknell Forest | 66 |
Hertsmere | 175 | Lancaster | 66 |
Sutton | 175 | Runnymede | 66 |
Reigate and Banstead | 172 | Allerdale | 65 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 166 | Eastbourne | 65 |
South Gloucestershire | 164 | Sedgemoor | 65 |
Swindon | 162 | Torfaen | 65 |
Harrogate | 162 | Merthyr Tydfil | 65 |
Southampton | 161 | Craven | 64 |
Stratford-on-Avon | 161 | Daventry | 63 |
Barking and Dagenham | 161 | Wellingborough | 63 |
Newport | 160 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 63 |
Reading | 159 | Gwynedd | 63 |
Mid Sussex | 159 | Wrexham | 63 |
Camden | 159 | Blaenau Gwent | 63 |
Dorset | 157 | Uttlesford | 62 |
York | 156 | Mansfield | 62 |
Tendring | 156 | Arun | 62 |
South Tyneside | 156 | Tunbridge Wells | 61 |
Bedford | 149 | South Kesteven | 61 |
North Tyneside | 148 | Hambleton | 61 |
Islington | 148 | North West Leicestershire | 60 |
Brighton and Hove | 146 | Worcester | 60 |
South Lakeland | 146 | Torbay | 58 |
Richmond upon Thames | 146 | Cotswold | 58 |
East Staffordshire | 145 | Bassetlaw | 58 |
Wokingham | 144 | South Cambridgeshire | 57 |
Gloucester | 144 | Copeland | 57 |
Chelmsford | 139 | Tamworth | 57 |
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk | 139 | Stevenage | 57 |
Knowsley | 138 | Burnley | 56 |
Ashfield | 136 | Harborough | 56 |
Thurrock | 134 | Babergh | 56 |
North East Derbyshire | 134 | Gosport | 55 |
Waverley | 134 | Oadby and Wigston | 55 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 133 | South Somerset | 55 |
Thanet | 133 | Redditch | 55 |
Cheltenham | 132 | Hyndburn | 54 |
Nuneaton and Bedworth | 132 | Bolsover | 53 |
North Somerset | 130 | South Norfolk | 53 |
West Berkshire | 130 | Rossendale | 51 |
Bromsgrove | 130 | North Norfolk | 51 |
Kingston upon Thames | 128 | Rother | 50 |
Caerphilly | 128 | East Cambridgeshire | 49 |
Windsor and Maidenhead | 127 | South Holland | 49 |
New Forest | 125 | South Northamptonshire | 49 |
Blackpool | 124 | Hart | 46 |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | 124 | East Lindsey | 46 |
Redcar and Cleveland | 123 | Malvern Hills | 46 |
Carlisle | 123 | East Devon | 45 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 122 | Forest of Dean | 45 |
Vale of White Horse | 120 | Corby | 45 |
Ipswich | 120 | Somerset West and Taunton | 45 |
Herefordshire, County of | 119 | Richmondshire | 44 |
St Albans | 119 | North Kesteven | 42 |
Huntingdonshire | 118 | Great Yarmouth | 41 |
Dacorum | 118 | Selby | 41 |
Preston | 118 | Pembrokeshire | 40 |
Flintshire | 118 | Eden | 39 |
Halton | 116 | Adur | 39 |
Gedling | 115 | Exeter | 38 |
Watford | 113 | North East Lincolnshire | 34 |
Cherwell | 113 | Boston | 34 |
West Oxfordshire | 113 | Teignbridge | 32 |
Horsham | 113 | Maldon | 32 |
Wyre Forest | 112 | Isle of Anglesey | 30 |
Basingstoke and Deane | 111 | Ryedale | 29 |
Ashford | 111 | Mendip | 28 |
South Oxfordshire | 111 | North Devon | 26 |
Lichfield | 111 | Melton | 26 |
Stafford | 111 | Lincoln | 25 |
Test Valley | 110 | Ribble Valley | 23 |
Swale | 110 | West Lindsey | 23 |
Calderdale | 110 | Norwich | 22 |
Braintree | 109 | Rutland | 21 |
Maidstone | 109 | Torridge | 20 |
West Lancashire | 109 | Mid Devon | 16 |
Canterbury | 108 | West Devon | 15 |
Charnwood | 108 | South Hams | 12 |
Winchester | 107 | Hastings | 9 |
Slough | 106 | Ceredigion | 7 |
Lewes | 106 | City of London | 4 |
Colchester | 106 | Isles of Scilly | 0 |