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Irregular heartbeat likely to be one of the reasons more people than usual have been dying this year.
May and June saw a particularly high level of excess mortality,
of the 6,473 excess deaths in May, more than three-quarters (4,897 or 76%) were not due to coronavirus.
The proportion was even higher in June, with 82% not due to Covid-19 (2,900 of 3,516). #UK #ExcessDeaths
https://news.sky.com/story/irregular-heartbeat-likely-to-be-one-of-the-reasons-more-people-than-usual-have-been-dying-this-year-12701948
May and June saw a particularly high level of excess mortality,
of the 6,473 excess deaths in May, more than three-quarters (4,897 or 76%) were not due to coronavirus.
The proportion was even higher in June, with 82% not due to Covid-19 (2,900 of 3,516). #UK #ExcessDeaths
https://news.sky.com/story/irregular-heartbeat-likely-to-be-one-of-the-reasons-more-people-than-usual-have-been-dying-this-year-12701948
Sky News
More people have been dying this year due to irregular heartbeat, official figures suggest
Excess deaths, or extra deaths, are the number of deaths that are above the long-term average for a particular week or month of the year.