Coronavirus death toll in England revised down by more than 5,000

[Northerner]

The coronavirus death toll in England is to be revised down by more than 5,000 following concerns that over one in 10 fatalities should not have been included in the official figure.

The government announced a new UK-wide standard for how it records the official toll on Wednesday after it came to light that thousands of people in England who may have recovered from the virus before they died were still counted in the headline number.

The changes means 5,377 deaths will no longer be included in the official total from Public Health England, resulting in a decrease in the UK total from 46,706 to 41,329 – a reduction of 11.5%.

Coronavirus death toll in England revised down by more than 5,000

Moves comes because people who may have recovered from virus before they died were still counted in total number

www.theguardian.com

Cynical me wonders if they would have made this revision if it meant the numbers would go up... 🙄

 

[Amity Island]

At the moment it's still around half of the UK deaths from the Hong Kong Flu epidemic of the late 1960s. No lockdown back then, though.

Very good point!

It's probably nearer to 20,000 if you look at the Loughborough study here

Research from Loughborough and Sheffield Universities suggests new approach to recording COVID deaths

Actual deaths due to COVID are some 54% or 63% lower than implied by the standard excess deaths measure, and reported excess deaths likely include a significant number of non-COVID deaths. This would bring total covid19 deaths in UK to date down to around about 20,000. While it is well known...

forum.diabetes.org.uk

 

[Northerner]

Very good point!

It's probably nearer to 20,000 if you look at the Loughborough study here

Research from Loughborough and Sheffield Universities suggests new approach to recording COVID deaths

Actual deaths due to COVID are some 54% or 63% lower than implied by the standard excess deaths measure, and reported excess deaths likely include a significant number of non-COVID deaths. This would bring total covid19 deaths in UK to date down to around about 20,000. While it is well known...

forum.diabetes.org.uk

That study was over a month ago now though. Whatever the true figure, the one actual figure is the 65,000 excess deaths over the period, many quite likely due to displaced mortality and a lot of people dying of other things who might have died later in the year if healthcare had been operating normally.

 

[Amity Island]

That study was over a month ago now though. Whatever the true figure, the one actual figure is the 65,000 excess deaths over the period, many quite likely due to displaced mortality and a lot of people dying of other things who might have died later in the year if healthcare had been operating normally.

Hi Northerner,
That was certainly the conclusion in their report, a lot of excess deaths unrelated to covid. Regarding a figure for covid deaths, they worked it out to be about 50% of whatever governments method is.