Coronavirus accounted for just 2.6 per cent of all deaths in July - with dementia and heart disease the country's biggest killers
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukCovid-19 was the eighth most frequent underlying cause of death, accounting for 2.6 per cent of all deaths - a total of 976.
In Wales, there were 2,548 deaths registered in July, which is 69 higher than the five-year average, but coronavirus did not feature in the top 10 most frequent causes of death.
In England, the leading cause of death in July 2020 was dementia and Alzheimer's disease, which accounted for 10.6 per cent of all deaths.
Dementia and Alzheimer's disease has been the leading cause of death in England since 2015, according to the ONS.Ischaemic heart disease, the leading cause of death in Wales, accounted for 11.7 per cent of all deaths.More than half of the 10 most common leading causes of death in England were below the.
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