Variants notwithstanding . . .3 Jun 2021 03:33
. . . encouraging comments indeed :-
"The weekly ONS data show that Covid is now mentioned in only around one in 90 death registrations in England and Wales – the equivalent of just 1.1 per cent of all deaths registered in the week. It is the lowest proportion since the week ending Sept 11, when the figure was 1.0 per cent. At the peak of the second wave, in the week ending Jan 29, the figure stood at 45.7 per cent. The number of Covid deaths registered in England and Wales in the most recent week, to May 21, is also the lowest since the week to Sept 11.
Prof Kevin McConway, emeritus professor of applied statistics at The Open University, said: "On deaths involving Covid-19, the picture is very positive. In the most recent week, 107 deaths were registered in England and Wales that had Covid-19 on the death certificate, and 66 had Covid-19 classified as the underlying cause of death. "Earlier in the pandemic, any sustained increase in new cases or hospital admissions would lead inevitably to increases in deaths a few weeks later.
"That process won't occur in the same way now, because of the effect of vaccination on reducing serious illness, though it's not yet entirely clear what the new pattern might be or how new variants might play a role."
Covid deaths among people aged 70 and over have fallen by 99 per cent since the second-wave peak, PA analysis also shows. Just 51 deaths in this age group occurred in England and Wales in the week ending May 14, down from 7,426 in the week ending Jan 22. Deaths for those aged 65 to 69 fell by 97 per cent in the same period, and for those aged 60 to 64 the drop is 98 per cent. The number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending May 21 was 9,860, 304 fewer than the previous week and 3.2 per cent below the five-year average."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/02/nearly-40-per-cent-recent-covid-victims-died-primarily-conditions/
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