UK Covid death toll

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I was looking at the figures for the UK as a whole and for some reason weeks 23 in 2019 (the last available) had a small spike in deaths - 2k more than week 22 and 700 more than week 24. I've looked into it but can't see any reason for it (apart from a Trump visit!) which may have an impact on the comparable figures. This may have been why the excess death figures compared to normal are similar.

I'm hoping that as the numbers get closer together we can start to reduce that excess death number but we are not quite there yet.

There is a interesting article on the beeb today showing excess death figures from around the world https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-53073046 , it points out it is too early to give overall figures because of different timelines but we are still one of the worst globally, considering our wealth and health availability. It really has been an alrighty fuck up.