Economics editor of FT, 07/05/2020:

Update: following the latest official figures from hospitals, a cautious estimate od excess deaths linked to coronavirus up to 7 May is

55,000

Of these 42,700 have happened and are in official data while 12,300 are estimates

(later tweet reduces by 600 due to miscalculation of Scottish data).

https://twitter.com/ChrisGiles_/stat...30677957165056
17/03/2020: Sir Patrick, the government's chief scientific adviser, was asked if the final tally of British deaths could be limited to 20,000 or below. That would, he told MPs, be "a good outcome".

27/04/2020: Boris Johnson: "There will be many people looking now at our apparent success"