Coronavirus: Excess deaths of 64,000 in UK during COVID-19 pandemic

The UK has suffered 64,000 more deaths than usual over the course of the #coronavirus pandemic.

An extra 14,000 deaths have been reported that are not officially attributed to COVID-19, with large numbers in care homes.

Deaths per million are higher in the UK than in Italy and France, but lower than in Spain and Belgium.

Boris Johnson said last month that the only accurate way to compare COVID-19 death rates with other countries was by using excess deaths statistics.

#COVID19 #UK

[eastwoodmaniac]

It's like he's reading the weather.

[inulmohamed]

41000 in BBC
47000 in evening standard
64000 in sky news
Which figures is correct?

[elizabethross-watson]

Where did the 45k Covid 19 death's come from, when we were told today by the government that it's actually 37, 048??? A difference of 7, 952 ???

[Kerath]

Funny how everyone suddenly stopped dying from any other cause...

[robotron]

Did your "excess deaths" factor in massively increased suicides, drug overdoses, deaths from lack of access to therapies, diagnostics, and treatment of acute symptoms during the hysteria?
Did it factor in the deaths caused by the TREATMENT for "covid" (ventilators with 90% death rate, dangerous antivirals, induced comas, general medical error, etc)?
No? Didn't think so.

[siimad]

drinking game
take a shot every time he says excess deaths

[finlayg]

Me sitting in my house right before June: why do I hear boss music

[ziggy]

Basic human response: That’s a lot of deaths. But it’s not me or my family, so everything’s fine. 🙄

[RealGingerTea]

I've been patiently waiting to go back to the pub, have a pint and wait for all this to blow over...

[leapsplashafrog]

Syria 3 deaths
U.K. 64000+
Lybia 3
Mongolia 0
New Zealand 21
Malta 5
Greece 171
Sweden 3998
Iceland 10
Australia 102
Zimbabwe 4

Questions ?

[littlepippin]

oh, and 4, 789 in all China. Apparently.

[jag]

2017 we had 50k excess winter deaths wasn’t even considered new worthy 🤷‍♂️

[MrPaulMorris]

It is interesting that Sweden, which was subject to a whole round of scathing reports a couple of weeks ago on its policy of not having a lock down, is performing rather better than the UK on a per capita basis.

[jordant]

Omg u seriously u gotta kidding me UK media like USA now

[melaniexoxo]

"so far...." extremely sad. i'm so sorry UK :(

[namenaim]

Describing these numbers as being at a “terrifying level” is unprofessional, silly and potentially harmful.
People can think for themselves and determine their own personal degree of concern. Thanks.

[dronetedcornwall]

Why cant we have presenters on UK sky like the Australians do. Their sky news is 1000% better than the clowns we have

[alastairwest]

Each and every death is a personal tragedy for each and every family...

[chriswhitty]

Can we go back to the early 90s? I miss england ☹️

[kaicampbell]

Someone needs to tell this guy about register when speaking, he’s talking about the loss of life yet still voice sounds excited