With such a flood of information available, it is vital to understand the data behind the news. This week @davidfinchRF published a blog on understanding the data about COVID-19 related deaths. https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/blogs/understanding-the-data-about-covid-19-related-deaths">https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-...

Using @ONS data, we showed that for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, there have been more deaths from any cause in care homes than in the community. Read @SarahDeeny& #39;s commentary https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/news/more-deaths-in-care-homes-than-in-the-community">https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-... and my #rstats
code https://github.com/HFAnalyticsLab/COVID19_ONS_mortality">https://github.com/HFAnalyti...

In the same repo you can also find @NadyaMihaylova’s code showing that weekly deaths are substantially higher than in the same period over the past five years. https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/charts-and-infographics/weekly-deaths-are-significantly-higher-than-in-the-same-period">https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-...

Given the importance of transparency and openness to building a robust understanding of the data, we are working to make all our code open. We want you to know how the results from our analysis were generated and welcome questions and comments on our methods. #openanalytics