England and Wales have recorded their highest number of weekly deaths involving Covid-19 since mid-May, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Official figures showed a total of 2,697 deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 20 November which mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate.
This was up from 2,466 deaths in the week to 13 November – a jump of 9 per cent.
Just over a fifth (21.5 per cent) of all deaths registered in England and Wales in the week to 20 November mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate.
The Covid Recovery Group of Tory MPs will apparently not be whipping its members to vote against the government’s tier system today, according to ITV’s Paul Brand.
Understand the Covid Recovery Group of Tory sceptics will not be whipping its MPs to vote against the tier system of restrictions today. Means it’s difficult to predict numbers of rebels.
— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) December 1, 2020
