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One in three NHS trusts record no COVID-19 deaths for a week

One in three NHS hospital trusts in the UK have recorded no coronavirus-related fatalities for a week, new research shows

It comes after the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that the number of deaths in London from any cause had dropped below the five-year average in the first week of June.

The new study from professors at the University of Oxford found that there had been no further deaths as a result of COVID-19 in the past week at 49 trusts, or 37% of those 131 hospital trusts included in the research.

This comes after the UK Government has permitted the use of the anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone for the treatment of COVID-19 on the NHS, following the report of positive data from a recovery trial.

Professor Carl Heneghan and Jason Oke from the University of Oxford’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine have said that in the past two days, 50% of NHS hospital trusts had reported no deaths.

In the week ending on the 5th of June, the excess number of fatalities was 732.

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Professor Heneghan had previously said that we could see no further deaths above seasonal average by the end of June.

Speaking to The Times newspaper, he said from the 10th of June to this 16th of June, there had been a total of 442 coronavirus-related deaths reported in hospitals throughout England.

This is down from 752 fatalities from the week before, meaning that there had been 310 fewer deaths.

One in three NHS trusts record no COVID-19 deaths for a week
Professor Carl Heneghan from the University of Oxford’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine

“Therefore, we should have no excess deaths by the end of the month and it is possible we don’t have any by this week if the counts above are replicated in other settings.”

This is while Dr Oke said that the North East and South West were the “most likely candidates” to follow London in returning to normal death levels.

London has seen fewer deaths than it did before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March.

In the week up to the 5th of June, there were almost 3% fewer people who were dying in the capital city compared with the five-year average.

This comes after Downing Street has revealed that a makeover for the military plane used by Boris Johnson and other senior politicians will cost £900,000.

From the University of Cambridge, Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter said it “would not be surprising” if we were to see less coronavirus-related deaths than average.

He added:“[This is] because of a mild winter without flu, but the other thing is because there will be an element of COVID taking up some deaths that would normally happen later in the year.”

This is while Professor Heneghan has added that there are always variations going on and said that low numbers in 2019 would mean that there are now more vulnerable people in the UK living in 2020.

He said this means that by 2021 there will be fewer people being categorised as vulnerable, so there will be a regression shown in the figures each year.

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