Number of Covid-19 deaths in week ending May 15 dropped to a six-week LOW

Number of Covid-19 deaths in week ending May 15 dropped to a six-week LOW with 3,810 coronavirus fatalities recorded as data shows the number of victims in the UK is at least 46,000

  • Weekly deaths dropped from peak of 8,758 to 3,810 in the space of a month
  • But tally shows there were 46,371 coronavirus fatalities by May 15 across UK
  • By that time the Department of Health had only officially counted 33,998 
  • During outbreak there have been 53,960 ‘excess’ deaths in England and Wales
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