An-Najah News - The Office for National Statistics said Britain’s death toll from the coronavirus could run some 15% higher than official figures have indicated so far ,6,235 people in England and Wales had died by April 3 with mentions of COVID-19 on their death certificates.

“When looking at data for England, this is 15% higher than the NHS numbers as they include all mentions of COVID-19 on the death certificate.the new figures included deaths in the community, such as at nursing homes.

During the week to April 3, deaths mentioning COVID-19 accounted for 21.2% of all deaths, compared with 4.8% in the previous week.