A mental health nurse, a cafe worker, a mosque supporter, a grandmother and a collector of rare Jewish books remembered
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Coronavirus cases fell sharply across the UK as the season changed from spring to summer. With the daily death toll also falling, the grim mood that captured much of the country at the height of the crisis eased.
But deaths from the virus are on the rise again. According to the Office for National Statistics, they quadrupled over the last month, with 321 deaths registered in England and Wales for the week ending 2 October with Covid-19 on the death certificate.