[ben_w]

1 in 1000 deaths is of the entire U.K. population, not just of those who have contracted the virus. The death rate is roughly 1 in 28 for those who caught it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:COVID-19_pandemic_dat...

Which uses as a reference:

* https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases

* https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths

[alacombe]

> The death rate is roughly 1 in 28 for those who caught it.

You are confusing IFR and CFR.

[ben_w]

Thanks for pointing that out, I had indeed forgotten to account for that.