Excess deaths among young adults are soaring to record highs as unexpected mortality rates continue to spike each month, the latest data shows.
The latest figures for December have just been published a show a large rise in excess mortality rates among adults under the age of 45.
December saw a staggering increase in excess death that was 43 percent higher than expected.
The figure is more than double the number of excess deaths for November and almost four times higher than in October.