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Yeah that’s a chart that’s crying out for an summary title.
Or maybe just a good old table of numbers.
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There were 6082 more deaths than the 5-year average in the week ending 3 April.
Covid-19 was mentioned on 3475 death certificates.This does not mean that only 3475 deaths were the result of Covid-19.
Some of those additional excess deaths may have been the result of the virus but not logged as Covid-related because of a lack of testing.
Some of those additional excess deaths may have occurred because of a lack of hospital capacity, thanks to the ICUs being full.
Howard
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They really could have picked out some different colours, my eyesight is pretty good but not sure what I'm looking at..
So, all deaths have sharply risen compared with 5 year average but by more than can be associated from covid alone, although covid does represent a significant amount?