Published on Apr 21, 2020
The heavy human cost of the Coronavirus pandemic is revealed in the most recent main figures. They reveal that in the week ending 10 th April death rates were double the level generally anticipated in England and Wales.
There were 18,500 deaths signed up that week, the greatest for 20 years. More than 6,000 of those deaths were connected to coronavirus and deaths in care homes quadrupled.
Huw Edwards provides BBC News at Ten reports from Social Affairs Reporter Alison Holt and Medical Reporter Fergus Walsh.
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