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The mystery of Britain's surging at-home deaths

3 July 2022

7:51 PM

3 July 2022

7:51 PM

Britain may look like it’s back to normal after the lockdowns but one alarming trend that emerged in 2020 is very much still with us: people dying at home, who would once have been seen in hospital. This is called ‘excess’ at-home deaths; a number very energetically reported when deaths related to Covid — but not so closely followed for the thousands unrelated deaths.

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