Tuesday, December 6th, 2022, 11:50 am
UK Still Experiences About 1,500 More Deaths Per Week (or 78,000 Per Year) Than Before COVID-19 Average
What’s the cause if it’s not COVID-19 and not “Long COVID”? One can guess and Germany studies the matter.
The following figures came out this morning (England and Wales total deaths per week):
England and Wales deaths per week, now with week 47 (it’s higher this year than it was last year)
Source: ONS
Here is how that compared to pre-COVID-19 years:
Deaths above normal in 2022, based on complete statistics, not a random sample. Values above 0 mean deaths higher than pre-COVID-19 for a given week. Counting the deaths since week 22, we have 37,000 more deaths in England and Wales this year than average prior to the pandemic. That’s a LOT of people.
Data: As ODF