Nearly three times as many people in England and Wales are dying of flu and pneumonia than with coronavirus after a sharp drop in Covid-19 fatalities in recent weeks.
Figures from the ONS show that 917 flu and pneumonia deaths were registered for the week ending on July 10. But 366 people died that week after testing positive for Covid-19 that week alone, and accounts for 4.2% of all deaths in England and Wales.
The study shows that number of deaths registered in the same week was 6.1% (560 deaths) below the five-year average. The number of total deaths up to 10 July 2020 was 353,407, which is 53,419 more than the five-year average.