May 3, 2020

expert reaction to latest figures on deaths in hospitals in England involving COVID-19

NHS England have released the latest figure for reported deaths in hospitals in England – an additional 327 deaths since yesterday, bringing the total to 21,180.

Prof Carl Heneghan and Dr Jason Oke, Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine and Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, said:

“Today’s reported figure is 327 deaths in hospitals in England. These deaths are distributed back to the 28th of March.

“For comparison: the reported deaths in hospitals in England on the same weekday 1, 2 and 3 weeks ago were:

• 26th of April:  336 deaths
• 19th April:  482 deaths
• 12th April: 657 deaths”

Their full analysis can be found at

https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/covid-19-death-data-in-england-update-3rd-may/

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-daily-deaths/ 

All our previous output on this subject can be seen at this weblink:

www.sciencemediacentre.org/tag/covid-19 

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