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Looking at how countries have counted deaths
https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-does-the-uk-have-the-highest-coronavirus-death-toll-in-europe
We know, for example, that as recently as 20 April, Spanish authorities were only including people who had tested positive for coronavirus in the national death toll.
https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-does-the-uk-have-the-highest-coronavirus-death-toll-in-europe
We know, for example, that as recently as 20 April, Spanish authorities were only including people who had tested positive for coronavirus in the national death toll.
"In the UK, our definition of what counts as a coronavirus death is much broader. The Office for National Statistics includes any fatality where doctors mention covid-19 on the death certificate, whether or not the person was tested for the virus".
"Meanwhile in France, the national tallies do not account for people who died at home – which commentators have described as a “timebomb” (the government plans to add these to the figures in June)".
