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The Independent UK
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Jemma Crew

Child deaths at lowest level since records began

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The number of babies and children in England and Wales who died in 2020 reached the lowest level in 40 years, figures show.

There were 2,226 deaths of babies and 789 deaths of children aged one to 15 in 2020, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.

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