Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by SpaceNinja 1877 days 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.
1 comments
JoeData 1877 days ago
The 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://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/22/uk-official-co...

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

link