Claim: Just 748.6 people per 100,000 died in England in May.
Fact-check: Telegraph suggests 9% of England dies each year - Full Fact
Verdict: false. if may's death rate was replicated over the course of a year, then 748.6 people per 100,000 would die. but about a twelfth as many people died in may alone.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2021-06-28T00:00:00