Excess Deaths Increasing in UK Even as COVID-19 Toll Continues to Fall

An ambulance outside an Accident and Emergency Department on Jan. 6, 2022. Dominic Lipinski/PA Media

Excess deaths in England and Wales have risen to the highest level in three months even as the death toll from COVID-19 continues to fall, the latest UK official data shows.

According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 10,982 deaths were registered in England and Wales in the week ending Aug. 19, which is 18.6 percent above the average for this time of year.