I've been noticing that many people die at home now in the local obits. Perhaps it's a part of the "died unexpected" syndrome:

Figures also show more people are dying at home than ever before.

There were some 964 extra deaths in private homes in the week to November 5, the latest available, which was 40 per cent above the five-year average.

There were also 548 extra deaths in hospitals, 12 per cent above average, and 155 excess deaths in care homes, seven per cent above average.

It has been suggested that deaths at home have risen because more people were choosing to die there.

But some experts fear it may be because terminally ill people don’t want to go into hospital in case they catch the virus.