London becomes the first region in England to see deaths fall BELOW average

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London becomes the first region in England to see deaths fall BELOW average as Covid-19 crisis continues to fade and coronavirus death toll plummets to 10-week low

  • In London 891 people died of all causes between May 30 and June 5, down from 917 average for that week
  • At least 47,820 people have died across England and Wales with Covid-19 so far, the ONS shows
  • The backdated total for the entire UK stood at at least 52,594 for June 5, much higher than official
  • Department of Health has counted 41,736 fatalities so far, missing out almost 11,000 who were not tested
  • Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19

By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline

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The number of people dying in London has fallen below average for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak started in March, promising data shows.

A weekly report from the Office for National Statistics shows that the number of people who died of any cause in London was three per cent lower than average between May 30 and June 5.

This includes people who died with the coronavirus as well as anyone else who died in that time.

Over the past five years, the average number of people to die in that week has been 917, but it was 891 in 2020 – a fall of 2.8 per cent.

Meanwhile deaths remain higher than average in every other region of England, and Wales, with Wales still seeing 15 per cent more deaths than usual.

The good news comes as Covid-19-specific data reveals the virus’s death toll hit a 10-week low, marking another significant fall as the disease fades out of Britain.

Lockdown loosened a bit more for people in England yesterday when ‘non-essential’ high street shops reopened to the public.

Data from the ONS, National Records of Scotland and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) show at least 52,594 people have died of Covid-19.

London is the only region where the number of people dying of any cause (blue line) has now dropped below the average for that time of year (dotted line) since March

REVEALED: HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF COVID-19 IN YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY
LOCAL AUTHORITY DEATHS LOCAL AUTHORITY DEATHS
Birmingham 1,167 Havant 106
Leeds 664 Folkestone and Hythe 106
County Durham 657 Wealden 105
Liverpool 551 Dartford 105
Sheffield 546 Welwyn Hatfield 105
Croydon 479 Hartlepool 104
Brent 478 Portsmouth 104
Cheshire East 471 Wyre 104
Bradford 457 South Derbyshire 102
Barnet 447 Tewkesbury 102
Wirral 405 Elmbridge 102
Ealing 396 Mole Valley 102
Harrow 390 Wychavon 101
Enfield 381 Neath Port Talbot 101
Buckinghamshire 374 Chorley 100
Manchester 371 Fareham 97
Walsall 365 East Hertfordshire 97
Cardiff 357 North Lincolnshire 96
Cheshire West and Chester 355 Telford and Wrekin 96
Sandwell 346 Warwick 96
Wiltshire 342 North Hertfordshire 95
Stockport 333 Dover 95
Sunderland 332 Eastleigh 94
Bromley 330 Broxtowe 93
Wigan 326 Stroud 92
Wakefield 324 Sevenoaks 92
Redbridge 309 Vale of Glamorgan 92
Hillingdon 308 High Peak 91
Bolton 306 Amber Valley 90
Salford 306 Bath and North East Somerset 89
Newham 302 Peterborough 89
Wolverhampton 296 Powys 89
Kirklees 295 Breckland 88
Dudley 292 Kettering 88
Rotherham 291 South Staffordshire 88
Derby 285 Guildford 87
Lewisham 285 Bridgend 87
East Riding of Yorkshire 278 Blackburn with Darwen 86
Coventry 278 Plymouth 86
Lambeth 278 Three Rivers 86
Rhondda Cynon Taf 278 East Northamptonshire 86
Sefton 272 Spelthorne 86
Havering 271 Surrey Heath 86
Solihull 266 Tandridge 86
Haringey 264 Denbighshire 86
Northumberland 261 Hinckley and Bosworth 85
Leicester 258 Darlington 83
Tameside 252 Brentwood 83
Oldham 245 Erewash 82
Southwark 244 South Ribble 82
Waltham Forest 244 Chesterfield 81
Central Bedfordshire 241 Rochford 81
Northampton 238 Gravesham 81
Bristol, City of 234 Cambridge 80
Newcastle upon Tyne 234 East Hampshire 80
Gateshead 228 Epsom and Ewell 80
Barnsley 223 Carmarthenshire 80
Greenwich 223 Isle of Wight 79
Shropshire 221 Fylde 79
Hackney 221 Rushcliffe 79
Hounslow 221 Rushmoor 78
Trafford 220 Chichester 78
Bexley 218 Scarborough 77
Warrington 216 Conwy 77
Nottingham 216 Castle Point 76
Bury 215 Barrow-in-Furness 75
Doncaster 214 Crawley 75
East Suffolk 211 Broxbourne 74
Wandsworth 210 North Warwickshire 74
Rochdale 204 Fenland 73
Cornwall 203 Worthing 73
Middlesbrough 198 Derbyshire Dales 72
Merton 196 Newark and Sherwood 72
Swansea 196 Oxford 72
Luton 195 West Suffolk 72
Milton Keynes 192 Monmouthshire 72
Basildon 191 Harlow 71
St. Helens 188 Cannock Chase 71
Tower Hamlets 185 Mid Suffolk 71
Kingston upon Hull, City of 182 Pendle 70
Westminster 182 Rugby 70
Medway 179 Blaby 69
Southend-on-Sea 178 Broadland 69
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 178 Tonbridge and Malling 68
Epping Forest 178 Woking 68
Stoke-on-Trent 176 Bracknell Forest 66
Hertsmere 175 Lancaster 66
Sutton 175 Runnymede 66
Reigate and Banstead 172 Allerdale 65
Hammersmith and Fulham 166 Eastbourne 65
South Gloucestershire 164 Sedgemoor 65
Swindon 162 Torfaen 65
Harrogate 162 Merthyr Tydfil 65
Southampton 161 Craven 64
Stratford-on-Avon 161 Daventry 63
Barking and Dagenham 161 Wellingborough 63
Newport 160 Staffordshire Moorlands 63
Reading 159 Gwynedd 63
Mid Sussex 159 Wrexham 63
Camden 159 Blaenau Gwent 63
Dorset 157 Uttlesford 62
York 156 Mansfield 62
Tendring 156 Arun 62
South Tyneside 156 Tunbridge Wells 61
Bedford 149 South Kesteven 61
North Tyneside 148 Hambleton 61
Islington 148 North West Leicestershire 60
Brighton and Hove 146 Worcester 60
South Lakeland 146 Torbay 58
Richmond upon Thames 146 Cotswold 58
East Staffordshire 145 Bassetlaw 58
Wokingham 144 South Cambridgeshire 57
Gloucester 144 Copeland 57
Chelmsford 139 Tamworth 57
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 139 Stevenage 57
Knowsley 138 Burnley 56
Ashfield 136 Harborough 56
Thurrock 134 Babergh 56
North East Derbyshire 134 Gosport 55
Waverley 134 Oadby and Wigston 55
Stockton-on-Tees 133 South Somerset 55
Thanet 133 Redditch 55
Cheltenham 132 Hyndburn 54
Nuneaton and Bedworth 132 Bolsover 53
North Somerset 130 South Norfolk 53
West Berkshire 130 Rossendale 51
Bromsgrove 130 North Norfolk 51
Kingston upon Thames 128 Rother 50
Caerphilly 128 East Cambridgeshire 49
Windsor and Maidenhead 127 South Holland 49
New Forest 125 South Northamptonshire 49
Blackpool 124 Hart 46
Newcastle-under-Lyme 124 East Lindsey 46
Redcar and Cleveland 123 Malvern Hills 46
Carlisle 123 East Devon 45
Kensington and Chelsea 122 Forest of Dean 45
Vale of White Horse 120 Corby 45
Ipswich 120 Somerset West and Taunton 45
Herefordshire, County of 119 Richmondshire 44
St Albans 119 North Kesteven 42
Huntingdonshire 118 Great Yarmouth 41
Dacorum 118 Selby 41
Preston 118 Pembrokeshire 40
Flintshire 118 Eden 39
Halton 116 Adur 39
Gedling 115 Exeter 38
Watford 113 North East Lincolnshire 34
Cherwell 113 Boston 34
West Oxfordshire 113 Teignbridge 32
Horsham 113 Maldon 32
Wyre Forest 112 Isle of Anglesey 30
Basingstoke and Deane 111 Ryedale 29
Ashford 111 Mendip 28
South Oxfordshire 111 North Devon 26
Lichfield 111 Melton 26
Stafford 111 Lincoln 25
Test Valley 110 Ribble Valley 23
Swale 110 West Lindsey 23
Calderdale 110 Norwich 22
Braintree 109 Rutland 21
Maidstone 109 Torridge 20
West Lancashire 109 Mid Devon 16
Canterbury 108 West Devon 15
Charnwood 108 South Hams 12
Winchester 107 Hastings 9
Slough 106 Ceredigion 7
Lewes 106 City of London 4
Colchester 106 Isles of Scilly 0