The number of excess deaths in the UK since the coronavirus outbreak began has passed 65,000.
Tuesday’s figures from the Office for National Statistics, which show 59,252 excess deaths in England and Wales between March 21 and June 12, follow figures last week showing the equivalent numbers for Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The National Records of Scotland found there were 4,877 excess deaths in Scotland between March 16 and June 14, while the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency put the figure for Northern Ireland at 972 excess deaths between March 28 and June 12.
Together, this means the total number of excess deaths in the UK across this period now stands at 65,101.
All figures are based on death registrations.
The number of deaths involving Covid-19 continued to decrease across all English regions, but only the North East had fewer overall deaths than the five-year average.
In Wales, there were 14 fewer deaths than the five-year average for the week ending June 12, the ONS figures show.
There were 574 deaths registered, of which 57 involved Covid-19, down 700 from the previous week.
