The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released startling figures looking at deaths in private homes in England and Wales since the start of the Covid-19 epidemic

The amount of men dying from cancer in private homes since the start of the year is roughly 50 per cent higher than the five-year average compared, according to the latest statistics.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released startling figures which appear to show the impact the Covid-19 pandemic is having on other health services across England.

The ONS confirmed that excess deaths in private homes – the number of deaths above the average for the corresponding period in the previous five years – have mostly been deaths not involving Covid-19.

Of the 25,472 excess deaths in private homes in England that were registered up to September 11, 2,358 (nine per cent) were deaths involving Covid-19 while 23,114 (91 per cent) were non-Covid excess deaths.