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