Department of Health pauses daily coronavirus death toll figures after Matt Hancock calls for urgent review
UNDER-fire Public Health England is pausing publication of its daily coronavirus death tally after being accused of issuing dodgy stats.
According to a note on the Government's website, the review means it is now pausing publication of its daily death figure "while this is resolved". This means anyone who has ever tested positive for Covid-19 and then dies is included in the death figures, even if they have died from something else. "One reasonable approach would be to define community Covid-related deaths as those that occurred within 21 days of a Covid positive test result.
The experts said the issue relates to England only, as Scotland and Northern Ireland use a 28-day cut-off.On the Government death statistics website for England it admits: "Deaths are counted where a lab-confirmed positive coronavirus test result is reported in any setting.Military at a Covid-19 testing centre in Spinney Hill Park in LeicesterCredit: Crown Copyright
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