Originally Posted by
Justanothervoice
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... Just how many people do you think die on a day to day basis? Id wager that if you die with a positive covid test, chances are you died from covid or it certainly contributed...very very few people die from accidents or out of the blue so can we just drop that line now? It may be comforting but it's just ridiculous.
Actions have consequences.
That is quite easily answered. From the official monthly mortality analysis for England and Wales:
"In October 2020, there were 43,265 deaths registered in England, 2,713 deaths more than the five-year average (2015 to 2019) for October; in Wales, there were 2,992 deaths registered, 258 deaths more than the five-year average for October.".
So in England on average, in October, approximately 1352 deaths per day. This year: approx 1442; or, approx 90 a day more than usual.