England had highest excess mortality in Europe in first half of 2020 due to coronavirus, figures show
manchestereveningnews.co.ukcoronavirus pandemic. Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereBy the week ending May 29, England had a relative cumulative age-standardised mortality rate of 7.55 per cent – meaning it was 7.55 per cent higher than the average mortality rate between 2015 and 2019.Spain ranked second at 6.65 per cent, followed by Scotland (5.11 per cent), Belgium (3.89 per cent) and Wales (2.78 per cent).England still had the highest cumulative excess deaths rate 14 days later, by the week ending June 12, though at this point there was only data available on 17 other countries to compare it with.From February 14 to the week ending June.
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