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

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.

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.

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

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