Other key findings in today's ONS stats revealFor the first time, deaths in care homes accounted for more than half of the total number of deaths with Covid-19There were 4,385 more deaths than the five-year averageStats also show that 135,575 deaths were registered in England and Wales between March 21 and May 8 2020. This includes both coronavirus and non-coronavirus related deaths.
The figure is almost 54,000 more deaths in England and Wales than the average for this period in the previous five years. This combined with the 4,434 excess deaths in Scotland and 834 in Northern Ireland means the toll of excess fatalities has reached almost 60,000.Stephen Powis, National Medical Director of NHS England, has previously warned that these excess deaths will be the “key measure” in assessing the impact of the bug.
According to the National Records of Scotland, a total of 3,546 deaths had occurred involving Covid-19 by May 17.
Read the article twice,it doesn't contain any evidence as to where or when these died of/with/ having tested positive for /was a factor, figures come from . . .. Shit journalism Scum
Surely the government wouldn't use a lack of testing, due to poor maintenance of our pandemic stockpile, to their own advantage would they?
That's less that piersmorgan figures. Where do you mediascum get these figures from Genuine Question but no journalist gives an answer.
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