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February Covid toll tops 15,000, highest since July, however 42% are earlier deaths

Covid deaths reported in February crossed 15,000 on Friday, overtaking the toll in the entire of January (14,752) to register the very best fatalities in seven months since July final yr. Nevertheless, beforehand unrecorded deaths from the primary two waves of the pandemic proceed creep into present data. Simply 58% of the deaths in February (8,673) came about in latest days. The remaining, 6,329, have been fatalities from earlier months added to toll in the course of the month. Read full story