UK Covid-19 death figures

[Welshcake.]

It's not a contest. Whether Italy have 60,000 deaths, or 200 doesn't alter the fact that 40,000 deaths have been attributed to the virus in this country and, in reality, is likely to be more.

I'm not saying it is a contest. I'm saying making comparisons is difficult because the way numbers have been recorded are different.

[Cyclops]

I'm not saying it is a contest. I'm saying making comparisons is difficult because the way numbers have been recorded are different.

^^^^^This!
If the figures of deaths since early March are compared with the average number in previous years for the same period, England has had around 60,000 more deaths during this period than usual.