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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Dave Burke

More than 20,000 have died from Covid in 2022 with summer deaths higher than last year

Covid contributed to more than 20,000 deaths in England and Wales during the first half of 2022, heartbreaking new data reveals.

The virus was identified on 20,327 death certificates - meaning medics had ruled Covid was a factor in a person dying - figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.

Since the start of the pandemic 177,264 lives have been lost to Covid-19, ONS stated.

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