Effects of lockdown could be causing more deaths than Covid
- Office for National Statistics found over 1,000 more people are dying than usual
- This makes the rate for excess deaths 14.4 per cent higher than five-year average
- Last week figures showed over 20,000 facing 12+ hour wait in emergency care
The effects of lockdown could be causing more deaths than Covid as nearly 10,000 more deaths than the five-year average are recorded, ONS data has found.
Released on Tuesday, the Office for National Statistics’ figures for excess deaths in the UK has revealed that about 1,000 more people than usual are dying each week from illnesses and conditions other than Covid.
This makes the rate for excess deaths 14.4 per cent higher than the five-year average, meaning 1,350 more people have died than usual in the week ending 5 August.
Covid-related deaths made up for 469 of them, but the remaining 881 have ‘not been explained’. Since the start of June, nearly 10,000 more deaths unrelated to Covid have been recorded than the five-year average, making up around 1,089 per week.
This figure is over three times the number of people who died from Covid, 2,811, over the same period.
ONS analysis takes into consideration the ageing population changes, yet still found a ‘substantial ongoing excess’.
h/t Microdose2020