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The claim

Suicides increased "200%" during lockdown

Original publisher’s rating

False. The only reliable recent data available on suicides in England - from the University of Manchester - found that rates have not risen during lockdown.

Reviewed by BBC Reality Check ↗ ·

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Sources and attribution

    Original review: BBC Reality Check. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms.

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