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UK changes Covid count, lowers death toll – Yahoo News Australia
Britain is now only counting deaths within 28 days of a coronavirus diagnosis as a Covid-19 death, lowering its toll by over 5000.
Britain’s official death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has been lowered by over 5,000 as the government adopted a new way of counting fatalities after concerns were raised that the old method overstated them.
The UK government and the devolved regional administrations agreed to publish the number of deaths that occurred within 28 days of a positive, lab-confirmed COVID-19 test result on a daily basis, the Department of Health said.
Previously, there was no cut-off time for deaths after a pos…
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