LONDON is the first region to emerge from the coronavirus crisis after the capital recorded fewer deaths than in a normal week.

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals that since March, London has seen fewer deaths than it did before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the week up to June 5 there were almost three per cent fewer people dying in the capital compared with the five-year average.

London had previously been a hot spot of the virus.

Deaths in hospitals across the capital have however dropped significantly in the last month.

Over the same time period the ONS found that the North West had the highest number of deaths involving Covid-19.

London is the first region to emerge from the pandemic. Pictured above people on the underground Credit: w8media

The North West had 12 per cent more deaths than usual.

The pandemic is currently at different stages in the UK with the South East and Yorkshire & the Humber coming slightly behind the North West when it comes to deaths caused by the virus.

Wales has the highest proportion of excess deaths and mortality rates in the region are still 15 per cent above the usual rate.

Data from the ONS reveals there were 10,709 deaths registered in England and Wales in the first week of June.

It says that 732 of these were excess.

However doubt has been cast by some experts who say the coronavirus death toll could actually be lower than is being reported by the government.

Former WHO chief, Professor Karol Sikora recently said that many medics are putting Covid-19 down as the cause of death when the virus has been present in the system.

He said the virus may not have been responsible for many deaths, but that it was noted down as the cause if it was present in the system.

Prof Sikora said the death toll could be "less than half the official toll".

The ONS data found that there had been 1,588 deaths mentioning the coronavirus on the death certificate in the first week of June.

Excess deaths are a way of measuring how many deaths would usually have been expected during different parts of the year.

The latest figures from the ONS suggest that the number of deaths in hospitals is lower than the five year average.

However the UK government has reported that there have been nearly 42,000 deaths in hospitals.

The ONS data states there has been 538 less deaths than the five year average.

These figures do not include the excess death toll in care homes.

Care homes have been at the centre of the pandemic with many homes having lost multiple residents to the virus.

Deaths in private homes accounted for 5 percent of all deaths.

However this is 40 per cent above the average.

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