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Covid 19 and UK statistics

Part 1

Deaths in England and Wales have nearly doubled above what would be expected, hitting a 20-year high.

Sentence formation

Deaths in England and Wales have nearly doubled

Above [ Comparison]

what would be expected

=[Result] hitting a 20-year high.

Part 2

Use of when ,which and Since

Experts point to a separate analysis by NHS England which showed since 8 April the number of deaths in hospitals have been falling when you look at the date of death.

The daily figures presented by government just show when hospital deaths are announced - there is often a delay in recording and reporting which masks when a drop in deaths starts happening.

Use of BUT

On Tuesday 823 new deaths were announced, but most of these happened in the previous days and weeks. Some even date back to March.

Check this report in particular

How bad was the 'peak'?

The figures presented by the ONS are different from those used by the government on a daily basis and the NHS England analysis.

Those rely on hospital cases confirmed by tests, whereas the ONS has used death certificates which show both fatalities in hospital and in the community on a weekly basis.

The figures show that the overall number of deaths topped 18,500. That is the highest since January 2000 when there was a bad flu outbreak.

It is also much higher than the recent bad flu season of 2015.

Use of BECAUSE

How many are dying outside of hospitals?

There has been growing concern about the impact of coronavirus outside of hospital.

Care homes have begun reporting outbreaks among residents that have been difficult to control, they say, because of a lack of testing and protective equipment.

The ONS - because it relies on death certificates rather than testing - can capture the scale of deaths.

The majority of deaths happened in hospital, but since the start of the pandemic more than 1,000 have died in care homes.

Since = Events or dates

 but since the start 

since January 2000 

since 8 April

Use of FOR

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