CMI: Fall in weekly excess deaths continues

The latest mortality monitor update from the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) shows excess death rates are continuing to fall as the UK passes through the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The most recent analysis from the mortality monitor - which is based on provisional England and Wales deaths data published by the Office for National Statistics - covers week seven (13 to 19 February)...
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