Data show that the UK has one of the highest death tolls from Corona in Europe, with 2,652 deaths per million people. The rate is higher than in Spain, with a rate of 2,326 deaths per million people, France, with 2,226, and Germany, with 1,691 deaths per million people
More than 200,000 Corona deaths have been recorded across the UK, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. A total of 200,247 deaths occurred from Corona and 294 in the past week. Data include direct coronary deaths as well as virus-related deaths.
More than 100,000 deaths were recorded in the UK by early January 2021, less than a year after the epidemic. It took more than a year and a half until the death toll doubled, with the introduction of vaccines, a better understanding of how to treat the virus and means of social distance, all of which together contributed to at least one death.
The UK has one of the highest death rates in Europe, with a mortality rate of 2,652 per million people. The rate is higher than in Spain, with a rate of 2,326 deaths per million people, France, with 2,226, and Germany, with 1,691 deaths per million people, according to data from Our World In Data as of July 10.
The UK’s excess mortality rate is also higher than other European averages, at 2,070 per million people, more than double that of Germany, 1,110, according to Our World in Data.
The proportion of people dying from corona as a major cause of death compared to those whose death certificates indicate the virus as the primary cause or as a contributing factor has also decreased. An analysis of England’s registry data for the epidemic so far shows that in the first wave, 91% of people died directly as a result of the virus. Since Omicron became the dominant version, this figure has dropped to 68% of Corona deaths.