Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
you are comparing different things there, the 2491 figure is all deaths where Covid 19 was mentioned at all, whereas the 47136 is where covid is deemed to be the cause of death.
the total figure for the uk where covid is mentioned is a lot higher, and the figure for wales where covid is deemed to be the cause of death is around about 1500.
You shouldn't combine the two

see easier post which shows PHE data sources and PHW data sources. Im trying to compare apples with apples. The 2491 figure for Wales is comparable to the PHE figures for data sources, and the PHW site itself states that the Wales data is only for hospital and care homes so not complete