The number of Covid-19 fatalities in the UK has soared past the 50,000 mark with some areas seeing double the average number of spring deaths.
Excess deaths have been calculated across the UK to chart the severity of the health crisis. Shock statistics show there have been almost 62,000 more excess deaths than would normally be expected in the UK during the coronavirus outbreak.
The UK death toll is now the highest in Europe and second highest in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University of Medicine.
There were 56,308 excess deaths in England and Wales between March 21 and May 22, compared with the average number of deaths for that period over five years, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
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