Name: More than 60,000 “excess deaths” so far during UK coronavirus pandemic - BBC News
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The number off weekly deaths linked to Covert 19 in England, Wales fell to 2872.

That is the lowest level for seven weeks, according to the Office for National Statistics.

But on a separate measure, which is called excess deaths from March too late May across the UK there were almost 62,000 more deaths than might have been expected.

Based on previous years on, the elderly have suffered most from the pandemic, and care homes, as we've often reported, have Bean particularly badly affected.

One care home in County Durham has lost 25 residents from the disease.

Our social affairs correspondent, Michael Buchanan, has the latest a survivor of Covert 19 and a kiddo, where many have perished.

Her family gathered outside in part to clap.

No one blames them for what's happened, so we have anonymous them, who have discovered that at least 25 people have died at Melbourne court, thought to be the highest single death toll in a care home in Britain, Samuel Wilson became a victim of Corona virus in early May.

His family believe he became infected after the home, insisted he go to hospital for day treatment.

In a statement, he told us the home was relentless for a family member to take my granddad in the hospital for a nonessential procedure in the middle of full lock down.

In my opinion, they took an unnecessary risk, a risk that cost ground at his life.

The owners of the care own say their sympathies are with all the families have lost a loved one to say the place is no in recovery and that many of the residents have returned to health but locally, the senses that has yet another consequence of a decision to put the NHS above the kid homes Corona virus has killed more people in K at homes and kevin t dot um than anywhere else.

In England, local providers told Council on Health officials in March not to discharge untested or covert positive patients into care homes from hospitals they would ignored.

Instead, financial funding wars at one point explicitly linked to them taking people with the virus.

You wonder this Caro, which hasn't had Cupid, is appalled by what happened.

They knew how vulnerable this sector was on.

I think it's just with a little bit of forethought, collaborative, true, collaborative work.

And we could have easily gotten through this without the number of deaths up with more than half of care homes and County Durham about Corona virus, a consequence of both nationwide problems on testing and PP.

An electric seen by the BBC the county dot um Care Home Association say the councillors pursued a policy which has caused andare increased covert 19 infections on deaths within care homes in County Durham.

Sexual Barbara Wells died of Corona virus in April.

Immensely sociable, her family say she was thriving of the Stanley Park here, but the place has been hit hard by the pandemic.

Barbra's family blamed the government, not the care room for her death.

Most of Europe was locking down before us, so why didn't we do it?

If we did do it, I'm certain my grandma would be still with us on all the other poor people who have died in that all Durham County Council's vehemently deny that anything they did added to the problems and care homes.

We followed national guidance and put in place support for our care homes.

We've put additional financial support in place.

We've provided PP provided training, a support and psychological support for our care home stuff as well.

Give me an example where the care sector was put ahead of the energy Not to think of an example of my story.

The result of it is all these deaths and cables.

The UK government insists they threw a protective ring around care homes.

Michael Buchanan BBC news dot um a report by Public Health England has found that although age is the biggest risk when it comes to Cove in 19 black Asian, another ethnic minority communities in the UK are more likely than others to die from the disease.

Our correspondent Brianna Crockford has the story one family, one household with the odds stacked against them.

I used to collect passengers to his taxi, but now only picks on groceries.

I was born outside of the UK, putting him at high risk to catching covert 19.

He knows the three generations and Milton Keane's feeling unsafe.

Neither started pandemic and has no income.

The government supposed to really help them, but if it ignored because it's no PP, there's no head.

That's not even proper advice is his daughter.

Kadisha is a nurse, a key worker, and says he's being unprotected on the front line.

The PPT Frank is very, very selective, very, very selective, but it depends on where you work in.

If you're working in a low risk area, it's fine.

But if you're working in the in an area way, you can contact with those with Corona virus I think is right for you to have the right PPE.

Concerns haven't been addressed in the government review released today, confirming that people from black and Asian backgrounds are disa Porsche innately dying from this disease.

I put those concerns to the health secretary, Matt Hancock.

Many people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds will be confused.

Why has taken six weeks the government to simply confirm what studies have already shown that they're dying with covert 19 at significantly higher rates?

Why only done more to protect and support these communities.

You're absolutely right that there's much more work that needs to be done on this report shows that So we're asking of us the equalities minister Kemi bad Norc to take this forward and to look into the causes.

Divider is an us from Birmingham looking for an answer.

Yet you make you more anxious and thinking, How can you sort of minimized risk slowly?

There are many factors driving these figures and they point toward socioeconomic inequalities on existing problem.

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