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Update: Sadly, UK excess deaths are rising again after a summer of stability. Since mid-March, a cautious estimate of the number of UK excess deaths linked to coronavirus has risen

A continued cloudy picture over jobs https://www.ft.com/content/85b4d252-f561-4aa3-9f07-64472556ae09 via @financialtimes 1/ Yes - payroll numbers suggest we've lost 695,000 since March.But that figure was 730,000 last month - following

Extremely important story on the @DHSCgovuk refusal to publish local COVID case numbers. People can’t be responsible without information. The following two tweets show much better practice in Germany and

Sufficient data worldwide now exists to conclude that, to date, the UK has the highest rate of excess deaths in the Coronavirus pandemic in the worldFree to read article with

Second, the point of lockdown appears strongly linked to eventual excess deaths. Here, we show the relationship between an estimate of infections on lockdown day and eventual excess deaths9/ As

Update: Following hospital figures today, a cautious estimate of the number of excess UK deaths linked to the coronavirus pandemic up to 26 May is63,800Of these 59,359 have happened between

PUBLIC SERVICE KLAXON It's Brexit day so we should do the definitive assessment of the 2016 referendum vote on economic performanceNote: Definititve DOES NOT EQUAL certainDefinitive DOES NOT EQUAL permanent

Update: following today's hospital data, a cautious estimate of the number of UK excess deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic up to 18 May is62,100Of these, we know 51,441 have occurred,

For those still wondering how far off the scale UK deaths are compared with a normal flu epidemic.This from @delaporte85 shows the London numbers in context of previous years... England

Update: Today the DHSC announced 813 deaths, but 156 of the English deaths happened before April 6 for which we already have good data. This is quite a problem for

Update: Today, there were 768* hospital deaths announced for those testing postive for Covid-19 to bring the daily total up to 19,506A cautious estimate of the total number of UK

Update: Today, there were 641 hospital deaths announced for those testing postive for Covid-19 to bring the total up to 18,738A cautious estimate of the total number of UK excess