COVID-19 Accounts for 1 Percent of Child Deaths in England and Wales in 2020

COVID-19 Accounts for 1 Percent of Child Deaths in England and Wales in 2020
Undated photo A child being given a Covid-19 test Danny Lawson/PA
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Eleven children aged between 28 days and 15 years died from COVID-19 in England and Wales in 2020, official figures show.

The report published on Thursday by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), which analysed child and infant mortality in England and Wales in 2020, said the year had seen the lowest numbers of infant and child deaths since records began in 1980.
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