Originally Posted by
layman
Bend alot
Belgium is counting differently to most countries
”
Belgian officials say they are counting in a way that no other country in the world is currently doing: counting deaths in hospitals and care homes, but including deaths in care homes that are suspected, not confirmed, as Covid-19 cases”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52491210
Compared to some other countries that have only been counting confirmed cases and still
others that were not counting deaths in aged care.
Probably still too early to be reliable, but the ‘excess deaths / funerals’ is probably going to be the most reliable indicator of how countries / states have fared.
Ask and ye shall receive...
Everything above the dotted line is excess, everything below was going anyway.
https://www.economist.com/graphic-de...ross-countries