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Health Secretary Matt Hancock. 'Excess' deaths from March to May compared with the same period last year have surpassed 60,000
BRITAIN’S death toll from coronavirus is nearing 50,000, confirming that the country is one of the worst hit globally, official figures revealed today.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) release takes number of deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK to just under 50,000.
Death registrations in England and Wales, Scotland and the north of Ireland show 48,896 deaths where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, including suspected cases.
With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
ANDY CROFT welcomes the publication of an anthology of recent poems published by the Morning Star, and hopes it becomes an annual event
