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Pandemic Sends England & Wales Deaths to 20-Year High

  • Numbers who died stands at 76% above five-year average
  • Death toll in care homes surges as coronavirus spreads
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The U.K. reported its highest number of deaths in a week for two decades, with fatalities in care homes more than quadrupling in seven days, damping hopes that the coronavirus will soon be under control.