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apc

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?

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h2o in reply to @apc

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.

Here’s the data: https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=%2fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2fbirthsdeathsandmarriages%2fdeaths%2fdatasets%2fweeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales%2f2020/referencetablesweek14202013042020165839.xlsx

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