(today)
Deaths from all causes were below average levels for the sixth consecutive week. There were a total of 8,891 deaths registered in England and Wales in the week to 24 July, according to the ONS, 161 fewer than the five-year average of 9,052.
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Coronavirus: England highest level of excess deaths
(30.07.2020)
The Office for National Statistics says that Spain saw the highest peak in rates of death in Europe.
But the UK had the longest period of above-average deaths and so overall saw higher death rates.
Coronavirus: CDC now says COVID-19 ‘does not spread easily’ on most surfaces
(21.05.2020)
“Many people were concerned that by simply touching an object they may get coronavirus, and that’s simply not the case. Even when a virus may stay on a surface, it doesn’t mean that it’s actually infectious,” Whyte told Fox News.
In March, the CDC had warned that it “may be possible” to pass on the virus from one person to another through a contaminated surface.