Flu and pneumonia is now killing six times as many people as coronavirus, new figures reveal. Latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed the viral illnesses killed 1,013 people in England and Wales in the week up to August 7.
This is compared to 152 patients who lost their lives to coronavirus. On Tuesday, Britain recorded another 1,089 coronavirus cases as the daily average fell for the third day in a row.
Officials told how there had been 12 lab confirmed deaths in the previous 24 hours from Covid-19 – the lowest since lockdown.
Before the fall, cases of coronavirus had been rising for more than a month adding to fears of a second wave. But latest Department of Health figures show 1,071 Britons on average are