Coronavirus death toll in England revised down by more than 5,000

Moves comes because people who may have recovered from virus before they died were still counted in total number

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The coronavirus death toll in England is to be revised down by more than 5,000 following concerns that more than one in 10 fatalities should not have been included in the official figure.

The government announced a new UK-wide standard for how it records the official toll on Wednesday after it came to light that thousands of people in England who may have recovered from the virus before they died were still counted in the headline number.