The UK's official COVID-19 daily death count could be scrapped following an investigation into Public Health England's method of counting the toll, The Telegraph newspaper reported.
FILE PHOTO: People are seen on a retail street, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease , in Windsor, Britain August 5, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
The conclusions of the investigation, which was ordered by Health Secretary Matt Hancock after it emerged officials were “exaggerating” virus deaths, are expected this week, the newspaper said. Britain paused its daily update of the death toll last month and the government ordered a review into how Public Health England reports coronavirus deaths, after academics said the daily figures may include people who died of other causes.
England’s death figures vary substantially from day to day due to this reason, the academics had argued.
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