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09.06.2020 / 15:49
New official figures show more than 63,500 'excess deaths' during coronavirus pandemic
Covid-19 deaths since the week lockdown was imposed, with 1,822 deaths involving the virus - out of a total of 9,824 deaths.The total number of deaths is also a fall from the previous week's data - but still 1,653 deaths higher than what would usually be expected for this time of year.The 1,822 deaths involving Covid-19 is just 18.5 per cent of the total number of deaths that week and the lowest number of weekly coronavirus deaths for eight weeks.While numbers are falling, there have been tens