Prognosis
Covid Deaths in England and Wales Reach Highest Since Early June
Medical staff treat a patient with COVID-19 on an Intensive Care Unit at a hospital in England.
Photographer: Steve Parsons/AFP/Getty Images
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Deaths linked to Covid-19 in England and Wales rose to the highest in almost five months in the final week of October.
Fatalities where the disease was mentioned on the death certificate totaled 1,379 in the period, the Office for National Statistics said Tuesday. That’s up more than 40% from 978 in the previous week.