Changing measures

Why were “almost all reported deaths” before April 29th in hospital?

Anthony B. Masters
3 min readMay 27, 2020

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On the UK’s daily reported measure of COVID-19 deaths, I wrote:

Before 29th April, almost all reported deaths were in hospital.

In this article, I delve deeper into that statement.

When in doubt, go to the source.

Reporting differences within countries

International comparisons are challenging. The measure sounds simple: how many…

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Anthony B. Masters

This blog looks at the use of statistics in Britain and beyond. It is written by RSS Statistical Ambassador and Chartered Statistician @anthonybmasters.