Nearly 3,000 Covid deaths in UK in a week

There were 2,838 Covid-19 deaths registered in the UK in the week starting 13 November.

This is up by 612 in a week, latest official figures show.

In all, there were 13,972 deaths in the UK in the week of 13 November, up by 542 on the previous week and 19% above the five year average for this week.

“Excess” deaths are the difference between the deaths seen this year and the average over the previous five years for the same weeks.