Around 5,000 extra people have died as result of heart problems than would be expected in the last seven months, a charity has warned.The British Heart Foundation (BHF) told the PA news agency that there were 4,622 excess deaths from heart and circulatory diseases from the start of the pandemic to mid-October.As a second national lockdown gets underway to halt the spread of coronavirus, the charity is urging people not to delay seeking care.Hundreds of relatively young adults have been dying in higher numbers than expected due to heart problems, they warned.The BHF calculated that in the under 65s alone, there has been more than 800 additional deaths in that seven-month time period.They said this could be due to a number of factors,.
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