Originally Posted by
racedo
It could just as equally be lower because having been diagnosed positive with Covid-19 and dying, doesn't mean you died of Covid-19 but the stats are recording it that way.
In principle yes but there has been a rise of thousands in deaths compared to what is normal. So in actual fact Covid-19 is causing significant additional mortality no matter whether officially someone died from it or some other unrelated/underlying cause. The net additional deaths on their own will most likely exceed the flu figure.