Coronavirus - The 41,000 Fatalities

FT’s Chris Giles revealing over a series of Tweets that the number of deaths due to infection from COVID19 is likely to be around 41,000 - and not the 17,337 announced yesterday,

NEW: The excess UK deaths linked to coronavirus are likely to be around

41,000

as of yesterday, not the 17,337 of the hospital deaths announcements

Here is the explanation for that estimate, which I will update daily

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— Chris Giles (@ChrisGiles_) April 22, 2020