The coronavirus daily death toll is 'inflated' with fewer than 40 a day in reality, statisticians have said. The Department of Health today said the death toll has risen by 66 in the past 24 hours - the lowest Thursday death toll since lockdown began in March but the number newly confirmed cases reported today is the exact same as this time last week.
However, Oxford University experts have said the figures are too high and give a "confusing" picture of coronavirus in the UK.
They said some deaths are effectively added on to random days - and could include fatalities that happened weeks or even months ago. Follow all coronavirus updates on ou live blog here Dr Jason Oke and Professor Carl Heneghan claimed deaths are falling, if at a