Covid deaths comparison: Gov v. ONS

2022 actual Covid deaths , estimate: First, let’s table govt announced deaths (28-day measure). Then each week, the ONS gives us Covid-Involved (CI) deaths via death certificates. The ONS now also gives the figure for Covid-Caused deaths (CC) for E&W, also from death certs, and provides the percentage of CC out of CI for E&W

Deep dive: The recent spike in covid deaths (UK)

Q: How are covid deaths going? Should we be worried? A: It all depends. If you’re an ordinary human being then yes. Continued, avoidable covid deaths should be a concern, and also the state of the NHS which can’t return to normal functioning, maybe for a long while. Q: Is the govt worried? A: No.