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How 12 times more people are dying from cancer than Covid – as experts warn treatment backlog will become ‘collateral damage’ of the pandemic- Daily Mail

  • Figures show 36 people on average died each day from covid in the last week 
  • By comparison, cancer is claiming 450 live every day or about 166,000 annually 
  • Experts say NHS needs to urgently expand cancer services to deal with backlog
  • NHS England say most cancer services are operating at pre-pandemic levels

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