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The true covid death rate has been tricky to record in the UK, a positive test result within 28 days prior to death is recorded as a covid death, even if the de
by SpaceNinja 5y ago
The true covid death rate has been tricky to record in the UK, a positive test result within 28 days prior to death is recorded as a covid death, even if the death was caused by something else. We obviously don't know enough about COVID to know if it is contributing all the COVID registered deaths.
- JoeData 5y agoThe UK government publishes other ways to measure COVID deaths. the "positive test result with 28 days of death" results in the lowest count: Deaths in England and Wales in 2020 80,830 Covid-19 as underlying cause of death or contributing factor 77,161 Increase in deaths (from all causes) from 2019 to 2020 73,444 Covid-19 as underlying cause of death on death certificate 70,013 Any death within 28 days of a positive Covid test Sources: https://fullfact.org/health/liam-fox-death-figures/ https://fullfact.org/health/liam-fox-death-figures/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/22/uk-official-covid-death-toll-undercounted-fatalities https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/22/uk-official-co... https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths