London becomes the first region in England to see deaths fall BELOW average as Covid-19 crisis continues to fade and coronavirus death toll plummets to 10-week low

  • In London 891 people died of all causes between May 30 and June 5, down from 917 average for that week
  • At least 47,820 people have died across England and Wales with Covid-19 so far, the ONS shows
  • The backdated total for the entire UK stood at at least 52,594 for June 5, much higher than official
  • Department of Health had counted 40,261 fatalities by then, missing out over 12,000 who were not tested
London has become the first region in England to see deaths fall below average for the first time since the coronavirus crisis spiralled out of control in March, as the outbreak continues to fade.
A weekly report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that the number of people who died of any cause in London was three per cent lower than average between May 30 and June 5.
This includes people who died with the coronavirus as well as anyone else who died from other causes in that time. London's five-year average number of deaths for that week was 917 but dropped 2.8 per cent to 891 in 2020
Coronavirus was the cause of 113 of those deaths (12.6 per cent), the data showed, giving London one of the lowest Covid-19 death tolls in that week, higher only than the South West (85) and Wales (100) and on par with the North East (113).
Meanwhile, deaths remain proportionally higher than average in every other region of England, and Wales, with Wales still seeing 15 per cent more deaths than usual.
Other promising data shows the virus's death toll in England and Wales hit a 10-week low in the seven-day spell ending June 5, marking another significant fall.
The falling numbers of deaths and plateau in new cases means that the UK can continue to push out of lockdown, with 'non-essential' high street shops reopening to the public for the first time yesterday.  
Data from the ONS, National Records of Scotland and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) show at least 52,594 people had died of Covid-19 by June 5 - 12,000 more than official records showed at the time.
London is the only region where the number of people dying of any cause (blue line) has now dropped below the average for that time of year (dotted line) since March
The week from May 30 to June 5 marked another significant fall in the number of people dying with the coronavirus in England and Wales as the weekly total hit a 10-week low and the lowest since the end of March.
Some 1,588 people died with the virus in that week, down 13 per cent from the 1,822 who died in the week before. 
England and Wales will not have returned to pre-lockdown levels of mortality until fewer than 539 people die in a week - that was the number recorded in the week ending March 27, when schools and workplaces closed.
As the weekly death toll continues to tumble - and some experts are hopeful it could hit zero by the beginning of July - Britain's total number of victims is still rising. It is third worst in the world behind only the US and Brazil.  
Department of Health officials have counted 41,736 Covid-19 deaths in Britain so far, from people who tested positive for the virus, with only 38 announced yesterday - the lowest number for a Monday since March.
But the ONS's data, updated today, suggests that the true figure was already 47,820 for England and Wales alone by June 5.
And the National Records of Scotland recorded 4,000 north of the border by June 7, while NISRA in Northern Ireland had 774 by June 5.
The reason these numbers are higher is that they include everyone who has the coronavirus mentioned on their death certificate, whether or not they were tested or whether it was the main cause of death.

COVID-19 DAMAGE MAKES LUNGS 'UNRECOGNISABLE' 

Covid-19 can damage the lungs of patients who died from the disease so badly that the organs become unrecognisable, a top expert has warned. 
Professor Mauro Giacca, from King's College London, analysed autopsies of patients who died in Italy after spending more than a month in hospital. 
He saw 'complete disruption of the lung architecture' in the patients, saying in some cases 'you can't even distinguish that it used to be a lung'. 
The cardiologist told the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee that he saw 'massive thrombosis', or blood clots, in the lungs.
One in three people who fall severely ill with coronavirus develop dangerous blood clots, which scientists believe is contributing to their deaths.
The clots can become fatal if they migrate to major organs, like the lungs, and cut off their blood supply.
Professor Giacca told Peers: 'What you find in the lungs of people who have stayed with the disease for more than a month before dying is something completely different from normal pneumonia, influenza or the Sars virus.
'You see massive thrombosis. There is a complete disruption of the lung architecture – in some lights you can't even distinguish that it used to be a lung.
'There are large numbers of very big fused cells which are virus positive with as many as 10, 15 nuclei.
'I am convinced this explains the unique pathology of Covid-19. This is not a disease caused by a virus which kills cells, which had profound implications for therapy.'
By June 5, to which the backdated data extends, the Department of Health had counted 40,261 victims, meaning at least 12,000 were missing from its count.
London becoming the first region to record fewer deaths than average for the first time since Covid-19 hit the city is a welcome milestone for the capital, which was hit hard and fast by the virus at the start of the outbreak.
Deaths in hospitals, nationally, are also now below average - the ONS data showed 11 per cent fewer people died in hospitals during the first week of June than would normally be expected.
But across the rest of England and Wales, people continued to die in larger-than-usual numbers because of the coronavirus outbreak.
This was felt most in Wales, where the number of deaths was 14.8 per cent higher than average.
In the North West there were 11.8 per cent more fatalities than usual, while the figure was 11.4 per cent in the West Midlands. No other region had more than 10 per cent excess deaths in that week: North East (9.5 per cent); Yorkshire & The Humber (8.6 per cent); East Midlands (8 per cent); South East (7.5 per cent); East (4.2 per cent) and South West (3.2 per cent).
The North West of England, which includes Cumbria, Manchester and Liverpool, had the highest actual number of extra deaths, with 156 more people than usual dying in a week - 22 per day. The total rose from 1,322 average to 1,478.  
The latest figures show 14.8 per cent of all deaths in England and Wales (one in seven) are now coronavirus-related - down from 18.5 per cent the week before and from a peak of 39.2 per cent (one in three) in mid-April.
It means the percentage of deaths involving Covid-19 declined for the seventh week running. 
The figures also show 64 per cent of all deaths registered so far this year (30,175 people) occurred in hospitals. 
A further 30 per cent (14,028) took place in care homes, with 5 per cent (2,152) in private homes, 1 per cent (640) in hospices, 0.5 per cent (214) in other communal establishments, and 0.4 per cent (178) elsewhere. 
The weekly breakdown shows there were 564 coronavirus deaths in care homes in the week ending June 5, down from 705 the previous week and 1,090 the week before that. 
The figures also show that the number of excess deaths across the whole of the UK since the coronavirus outbreak began has passed 64,000. 
Tuesday's ONS data shows there were 58,693 excess deaths in England and Wales between March 21 and June 5, while figures from the National Records of Scotland add an additional 4,769 excess deaths in Scotland between March 23 and June 7, and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency put the figure for Northern Ireland at 940 excess deaths between March 21 and June 5. 
Together, this means the total number of excess deaths in the UK across this period now stands at 64,402. 
Additionally, the number of deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK has now passed 53,000, according to the latest available data. 
The data shows there was a greater number of coronavirus-related deaths registered for the week ending June 5 in the north-west of England (250) than any other region in England and Wales. 
The south-east of England registered 219, and Yorkshire and the Humber had 210. 
The number was down from 282 in the North West the previous week, but this means the region has recorded the highest number of Covid-19 deaths in four of the last five weeks. 
All figures are provisional and based on death registrations, which can result in a lag between the date the person dies and when it is recorded.   

REVEALED: HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF COVID-19 IN YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY
LOCAL AUTHORITYDEATHSLOCAL AUTHORITYDEATHS
Birmingham1,167Havant106
Leeds664Folkestone and Hythe106
County Durham657Wealden105
Liverpool551Dartford105
Sheffield546Welwyn Hatfield105
Croydon479Hartlepool104
Brent478Portsmouth104
Cheshire East471Wyre104
Bradford457South Derbyshire102
Barnet447Tewkesbury102
Wirral405Elmbridge102
Ealing396Mole Valley102
Harrow390Wychavon101
Enfield381Neath Port Talbot101
Buckinghamshire374Chorley100
Manchester371Fareham97
Walsall365East Hertfordshire97
Cardiff357North Lincolnshire96
Cheshire West and Chester355Telford and Wrekin96
Sandwell346Warwick96
Wiltshire342North Hertfordshire95
Stockport333Dover95
Sunderland332Eastleigh94
Bromley330Broxtowe93
Wigan326Stroud92
Wakefield324Sevenoaks92
Redbridge309Vale of Glamorgan92
Hillingdon308High Peak91
Bolton306Amber Valley90
Salford306Bath and North East Somerset89
Newham302Peterborough89
Wolverhampton296Powys89
Kirklees295Breckland88
Dudley292Kettering88
Rotherham291South Staffordshire88
Derby285Guildford87
Lewisham285Bridgend87
East Riding of Yorkshire278Blackburn with Darwen86
Coventry278Plymouth86
Lambeth278Three Rivers86
Rhondda Cynon Taf278East Northamptonshire86
Sefton272Spelthorne86
Havering271Surrey Heath86
Solihull266Tandridge86
Haringey264Denbighshire86
Northumberland261Hinckley and Bosworth85
Leicester258Darlington83
Tameside252Brentwood83
Oldham245Erewash82
Southwark244South Ribble82
Waltham Forest244Chesterfield81
Central Bedfordshire241Rochford81
Northampton238Gravesham81
Bristol, City of234Cambridge80
Newcastle upon Tyne234East Hampshire80
Gateshead228Epsom and Ewell80
Barnsley223Carmarthenshire80
Greenwich223Isle of Wight79
Shropshire221Fylde79
Hackney221Rushcliffe79
Hounslow221Rushmoor78
Trafford220Chichester78
Bexley218Scarborough77
Warrington216Conwy77
Nottingham216Castle Point76
Bury215Barrow-in-Furness75
Doncaster214Crawley75
East Suffolk211Broxbourne74
Wandsworth210North Warwickshire74
Rochdale204Fenland73
Cornwall203Worthing73
Middlesbrough198Derbyshire Dales72
Merton196Newark and Sherwood72
Swansea196Oxford72
Luton195West Suffolk72
Milton Keynes192Monmouthshire72
Basildon191Harlow71
St. Helens188Cannock Chase71
Tower Hamlets185Mid Suffolk71
Kingston upon Hull, City of182Pendle70
Westminster182Rugby70
Medway179Blaby69
Southend-on-Sea178Broadland69
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole178Tonbridge and Malling68
Epping Forest178Woking68
Stoke-on-Trent176Bracknell Forest66
Hertsmere175Lancaster66
Sutton175Runnymede66
Reigate and Banstead172Allerdale65
Hammersmith and Fulham166Eastbourne65
South Gloucestershire164Sedgemoor65
Swindon162Torfaen65
Harrogate162Merthyr Tydfil65
Southampton161Craven64
Stratford-on-Avon161Daventry63
Barking and Dagenham161Wellingborough63
Newport160Staffordshire Moorlands63
Reading159Gwynedd63
Mid Sussex159Wrexham63
Camden159Blaenau Gwent63
Dorset157Uttlesford62
York156Mansfield62
Tendring156Arun62
South Tyneside156Tunbridge Wells61
Bedford149South Kesteven61
North Tyneside148Hambleton61
Islington148North West Leicestershire60
Brighton and Hove146Worcester60
South Lakeland146Torbay58
Richmond upon Thames146Cotswold58
East Staffordshire145Bassetlaw58
Wokingham144South Cambridgeshire57
Gloucester144Copeland57
Chelmsford139Tamworth57
King's Lynn and West Norfolk139Stevenage57
Knowsley138Burnley56
Ashfield136Harborough56
Thurrock134Babergh56
North East Derbyshire134Gosport55
Waverley134Oadby and Wigston55
Stockton-on-Tees133South Somerset55
Thanet133Redditch55
Cheltenham132Hyndburn54
Nuneaton and Bedworth132Bolsover53
North Somerset130South Norfolk53
West Berkshire130Rossendale51
Bromsgrove130North Norfolk51
Kingston upon Thames128Rother50
Caerphilly128East Cambridgeshire49
Windsor and Maidenhead127South Holland49
New Forest125South Northamptonshire49
Blackpool124Hart46
Newcastle-under-Lyme124East Lindsey46
Redcar and Cleveland123Malvern Hills46
Carlisle123East Devon45
Kensington and Chelsea122Forest of Dean45
Vale of White Horse120Corby45
Ipswich120Somerset West and Taunton45
Herefordshire, County of119Richmondshire44
St Albans119North Kesteven42
Huntingdonshire118Great Yarmouth41
Dacorum118Selby41
Preston118Pembrokeshire40
Flintshire118Eden39
Halton116Adur39
Gedling115Exeter38
Watford113North East Lincolnshire34
Cherwell113Boston34
West Oxfordshire113Teignbridge32
Horsham113Maldon32
Wyre Forest112Isle of Anglesey30
Basingstoke and Deane111Ryedale29
Ashford111Mendip28
South Oxfordshire111North Devon26
Lichfield111Melton26
Stafford111Lincoln25
Test Valley110Ribble Valley23
Swale110West Lindsey23
Calderdale110Norwich22
Braintree109Rutland21
Maidstone109Torridge20
West Lancashire109Mid Devon16
Canterbury108West Devon15
Charnwood108South Hams12
Winchester107Hastings9
Slough106Ceredigion7
Lewes106City of London4
Colchester106Isles of Scilly0

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