The cumulative death toll in the 28 days since the coronavirus test was positive rose by an additional 2,714 on Wednesday, in addition to the 233 deaths reported recently. This means that the total number of deaths in the UK within 28 days of a positive test is 169,095. The UK Health and Safety Administration said: “Due to a data processing error, a number of people who died within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test were not reported in time.” The 2,714 deaths, all of which occurred in England this year, were added retrospectively to the government’s coronavirus control panel on Wednesday afternoon. The revision of the numbers slightly narrows the gap between the government’s preferred number of deaths, based only on people who have died within 28 days of coming out positive, and the number of people who had Covid-19 recorded on their death certificate. which is published by the National Statistical Office and amounts to just over 190,000. Both measures of mortality from Covid-19 have shown a slight increase in recent weeks in the number of deaths occurring daily in the UK, reflecting the impact of the increase in infections due to the Omicron variant. The daily death toll remains much lower than the levels reached during the first and second waves of the virus.
