THREAD – “Non-COVID” excess deaths
— Nick Stripe (@NickStripe_ONS) June 5, 2020
Between 7 Mar & 1 May there were 130k deaths registered across E&W
This was 46.4k deaths above 5-yr averages
According to death certs 12.9k (28%) of this “excess” did not mention COVID
98% are now fully coded enabling detailed analysis
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