Alarming statistics about the high number of people who have died in recent months in England and Wales are more than just data points for the families involved.

Sky News’ Ed Conway has been examining the UK’s excess deaths figures, that’s deaths from all-causes that are above average, since the coronavirus pandemic began.

He spoke to a family dealing with the death of a parent due to cancer.

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