The number of men dying from cancer in private homes during the coronavirus pandemic is roughly 50 per cent higher than the five-year average, new figures show.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released startling figures which appear to show the impact the Covid-19 crisis is having on other health services across England.
The ONS confirmed that excess deaths in private homes - the number of deaths above the average for the corresponding period in the previous five years - have mostly been deaths not involving Covid-19.
Of the 25,472 excess deaths in private homes in England that were registered up to September 11, 2,358 (nine per cent) were deaths involving Covid-19 while 23,114 (91 per cent) were non-Covid excess deaths.