Claim: Death rates are lower than previous years which proves Covid-19 hasn't killed or is killing anyone.
Fact-check: A fall in death rates doesn't prove Covid-19 isn't killing anyone - Full Fact
Verdict: while death rates in england have fallen to their lowest levels since 2001, covid-19 caused one of the biggest spikes in death rates of the past 20 years. although rates have dropped since last year, people are still dying from covid-19.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Tom Norton
Date published: 2021-07-16T00:00:00