Coronavirus: Does 20,000 hospital deaths mean failure for UK?
The first death linked to coronavirus in the UK was announced in early March. It was a woman in her 70s..
There have been cases involving health workers, younger adults and children, but the virus has - as expected - preyed largely on older people, particularly the frail and those with existing health problems. But it is still an important measure - as these deaths are the ones being monitored in terms of judging when the lockdown should be liftedThe good news from that point of view is that the numbers seem to be coming down. en you look at the deaths by the date they happened, it appears that the peak happened in the first half of April - in England at least. Comparable data is not available in the rest of the UK.
These extra cases did not mention coronavirus on the death certificate but experts believe they point to an under-reporting of coronavirus deaths.It is noticeable that government officials have started talking about"all-cause mortality" when asked about the growing number of deaths. That was enough to push the total number of deaths in 2020 above what you would normally expect at this time of year - a situation which is bound to get worse as the deaths in the past week or so are counted in the ONS data.It is possible, especially if the outbreak is brought under control, that the numbers dying could drop below average levels later in the year, thus reducing the level of excess deaths over time.
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