Health
Covid deaths three times higher than flu and pneumonia – BBC News
Office for National Statistics data looked at the underlying cause of death in England and Wales.
image captionMore than 13,000 people are being treated for Covid-19 in hospitals around Britain
Three times as many people have died from Covid-19 than from flu and pneumonia in England and Wales this year, according to official figures.
Between January and August 2020, there were 48,168 deaths due to Covid-19 compared to 13,600 from pneumonia. Only 394 were due to flu.
The Office for National Statistics analysis looked at the underlying cause of death.
Deaths from flu have been particularly…
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