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Covid-19 update: Deaths fall to six-week low – but excess deaths still rising

Park-goers lie in social distancing circles at Dolores Park in San Francisco during Memorial Day weekend (Photo: Getty)
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  • New ONS data shows the proportion of deaths involving Covid-19 continues to fall in all English regions, but the excess death toll has reached over 60,000.

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