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, The data published by The Office for National Statistics (ONS) gives us The Best clue So Far on how many lives are lost Covid-19 in England and Wales .

setting a new and unwanted records.

In week 3. In April there were registered around 6,000 more deaths than in an average week, and almost 3,500 of you have mentioned Covid-19 on the Death Certificate .

And if you look to dig into the data at the regional level, some of the numbers even worse.

you show how many lives were lost, in London , for example, where the Corona-Virus -pandemic-spread first rapidly in the UK.

To the latest figures, the highest number of registered deaths per week in London - since the ONS started keeping weekly records in the year 2005, the 1549 was. This was back in January 2015.

For the week to 3. April of this year, The Number 2,511 was. The are 62% More Than the previous record, and More Than double the average of 1068 registered deaths for the week of the year.

And it happened before the outbreak reached its current level.

the graphics of The deaths in London shows How High the new figure is compared with a weekly average number of deaths over a period of five years

The Number of deaths varies from week to week, but for most of the year, the differences are relatively Small - it is only slightly higher or lower than the average.

in General, it is only one or Two Weeks out of the year, if there are significant differences, usually in The Middle of winter, when seasonal influenza is at its peak.

The Number was So Far outside his normal range three weeks ago, the scale of The Threat shows that Covid-19 poses.

It is well to bear in mind that the ONS relies on death registrations (in the hospital and in the wider community, in places such as nursing homes) for his characters.

It says there is a delay of about Five Days , when deaths occur, when you registered, actually. So, most of these deaths occurred is actually, in The Last week of March.

The figures for The Midlands (the combination of ONS data for the West Midlands and East Midlands) also show a significant increase in the latest figures.

Once Again , the numbers for The Midlands are the highest per week since the beginning of the records, but they are only a little higher (3,058 registered deaths compared with 3,041) as The Next higher week in January 2015. This was at The Height of the worst winter flu outbreak in recent years.

Registered deaths in England and Wales region week ending 3 April 2020Average for the same week (2015-19), the Highest week on record North East770607837 (12 Jan 2018)North-West2,1371,5432,282 (9 Jan, 2015)Yorkshire and the Humber1,4361,1471,607 (9 Jan 2015)in the East Midlands1,2469811,328 (9 Jan, 2015)West Midlands1,8121,2031,812 (3 Apr-2020)East1,7171,2551,717 (3 Apr-2020)London2,5111,0682,511 (3-Apr-2020)South-East2,2941,7782,525 (9 Jan, 2015)South-West1,5201,2371,697 (9 Jan, 2015)Wales9207301,031 (9 Jan, 2015)note: Weekly death records go Back To 2005Source: Office for National Statistics

show Other regions in England and Wales , that there are still weeks in January 2015 and January 2018, if The Number of registered deaths was slightly higher than the latest figures.

The North-West, for example, its second Worst Week for the registered deaths - 2,137 in the week to 3. April, compared with 2,282 in week 9. January 2015.

920 deaths were registered in Wales , compared with 1,031 in week 9. January 2015.

It is important to remember that other regions are behind London in The Curve of the pandemic, and the numbers are expected to be published next week worse.

"We can see that London and The Midlands are seeing the impact of the epidemic before the rest of the country," said Dr. Sarah Deeny, assistant director of data analytics at the Foundation of health.

"Unfortunately, we can expect that the total number of deaths in connection with Covid-19 recorded by the ONS-a further increase in The Coming weeks across England and Wales . "

The ONS says that 47% of all death Covid-19 mentioned cases, based in London on the Death Certificate , including a significant number in the municipality. What is not yet clear how many of The Other 53% would be in connection with the disease.

One of the biggest problems for the policy in The Coming weeks will be to find out what cases the cause of all this excess of death.

We know that many of them are deaths from Covid-19, and it will continue to happen, for a couple of weeks, in spite of the blocking.

But it will also be crucial to determine how many deaths can be happened, because the lockout, when people do not get The Treatment or support they need, for The Other health conditions.

"the steep rise in The figures for the capital is reflected in the amount of pressure we have seen on the hospital intensive and Critical Care units and emergency departments in the region," says Sarah Scobie, of health think tank the Nuffield trust.

"But it is too early to say at this point whether death cases, where Covid-19 was not to be mentioned, are not to be recognized the result of some cases, such as coronavirus, or a significant increase in The Number of people dying from other conditions.

Other Nations pay

National records of Scotland on a somewhat different time frame. In the week to 5. April, there were 1,741 deaths registered in Scotland, from the five-year average of 1,098. Of which, 282 Covid-19 mentioned on the Death Certificate .

The Glasgow area has been affected by far the worst by The Virus .

for the week to 3. In April there were registered 434 of the deaths, of the five-year average of 298. Covid-19 was mentioned, on 55 death certificates.

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Source of news: bbc.com