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North Yorkshire Above National Covid Average and Hit By Excess Deaths

There have been a total of 559 excess deaths in North Yorkshire during the coronavirus pandemic and the county is still above the national average for new Covid cases.

Excess deaths are a measure of how many more people are dying than would be expected when compared to previous years.

Dr Victoria Turner is a public health consultant for North Yorkshire.

She says while there were periods when there were less deaths than recorded at that time in previous years- those dying at home during the pandemic was always higher than usual:

North Yorkshire remains considerably above the national average for new Coronavirus cases.

However- as of Friday- all seven districts in the county had reduced numbers from the previous 24 hours.

Dr Turner explains:

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