Health care

The UK recorded around 80,100 more deaths between the start of the coronavirus pandemic and 8 January 2021 than during the corresponding period 12 months earlier, the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has revealed.

COVID-19 has threatened to impede the global cooperation needed to tackle a vast array of heightened risks over the next decade, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has warned today.

The annual increase in deaths across England and Wales in 2020 was higher than in any year since the Great Depression, the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has revealed.

England and Wales registered 51% more deaths between 19 December and 25 December 2020 (week 52) than over the corresponding week in 2019, the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has revealed.

The number of people willing to get a COVID-19 vaccination is rising in the US and UK, but falling in several other countries, a global survey has uncovered.

UK deaths for this year have exceeded 2019 levels by more than 70,000, despite a slight decrease in recent weeks, the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has found.

There were 12% more deaths in England and Wales between 28 November and 4 December 2020 (week 49) than there were during the corresponding week last year, which was equal to the rise seen over the previous seven days.

The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has announced that it will place no weight on 2020 data when it releases its next model for projecting UK mortality rates.

There were more deaths in England and Wales last month than in any other November over the last 10 years, according to analysis by the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI).

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