England and Wales suffered suffered no excess deaths last week for the first time since August, official figures showed today in a sign the worst of Britain’s second wave of Covid is over.
Office of National Statistics (ONS) data revealed there were 10,987 fatalities from all causes in the week ending March 12 — 4.4 per cent down on the five-year average (11,498). Deaths were below expected levels in all regions except the East Midlands.
Experts hailed the figures as proof the second wave of coronavirus is over. Even Professor Neil Ferguson — the Government adviser whose grim modelling…
