On average, there have been over 500 additional deaths a week involving CVD since the pandemic began.

While deaths from Covid-19 have fallen year-on-year since the beginning of the pandemic, the number of deaths involving CVD have remained high above expected levels.

Excess deaths involving CVD outnumber those involving all other individual disease areas since the beginning of the pandemic in England.

No doubt, the reasons for continuingly high numbers of excess deaths related to CVD in England are complicated. However, along with deaths caused by Covid-19 among people with heart and circulatory diseases, we think the following factors have played a role:

The longer-term impact of Covid-19 infection on the heart and circulatory system.

Extreme and continued disruption to GP and heart care services.

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