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UK coronavirus deaths more than double official figure according to FT study
- DanBC 7y agoIn the UK we have some different data sets. We have "people who were tested positive for covid-19, and who died in hospital". This is rapid data, but it misses out large groups of people. Importantly it doesn't include people who die in nursing homes or care homes. https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ We also have the Office for National Statistics data. There's some lag with that data. The ONS has a blog here about how they count deaths: https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2020/03/31/counting-deaths-involving-the-coronavirus-covid-19/ https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2020/03/31/counting-deaths-involving... The latest ONS data for covid-19 is here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthan...
- below43 7y agoToday's estimate is 43,100 See: https://twitter.com/ChrisGiles_/status/1252983884284821505 https://twitter.com/ChrisGiles_/status/1252983884284821505