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Covid-19 caused just one in every 125 deaths in England and Wales in early June, according to official figures.
Symptoms of the virus were present in only 0.8 per cent of people who died in the week which ended on Friday, June 11, the Office for National Statistics said.
Almost 14 times as many deaths were attributed to flu and pneumonia.
The total of 84 Covid-related deaths is the lowest in more than eight months – and the second lowest since the beginning of the pandemic.
Doctors reported that in 66 of the 84 deaths, the virus was considered the main cause.
It is yet more evidence that the link between Covid infections and deaths is breaking down.
Covid-19 caused just one in every 125 deaths in England and Wales in early June, according to official figures
Across the UK there were 93 Covid-linked deaths, the first time the number of weekly deaths across the whole
