There were nearly 90,000 Covid-19 deaths in the UK in 2020.
Official figures, published by the UK Government, show there were 82,624 death certificates which mentioned Covid-19 as a cause of death by December 18..
Here’s the government wording: “Total number of deaths of people whose death certificate mentioned Covid-19 as one of the causes, registered up to Friday, 18 December 2020.”
“People who had had COVID-19 but did not have it mentioned on their death certificate as a cause of death are excluded.”
The reliable Worldometers website has figures for Covid-19 deaths between December 19 and 31 which add up to 6,971, giving a credible figure of 89,595 for the year.
But the Worldometers figures for December 31 give a Covid-19 death toll for the UK of only 72,548 so the toll for the year is probably well over 90,000.
More than a third of those deaths occurred in the last quarter after the government’s own scientific advisers warned on September 21 and 24 that immediate and stringent action, including a two-week national lockdown to act as a circuit breaker, needed to be taken to stop the rise in cases.
If not, said the experts: “…it is possible…hospital admissions will over time exceed the Reasonable Worst Case Scenario.”
Johnson ignored the advice, aiding the increasing magnitude of the catastrophe.
There are now a record number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals and Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden, president of the Doctors' Association UK, said this week she and her colleagues were "at breaking point".
But one area of the UK took early draconian measures to deal with the virus.
Unlike the rest of the UK, the Isle of Man introduced a strict lockdown on March 27, forcing people to stay at home and introducing 10,000 pound fines or prison terms of up to three months for those flouting the law - or both.
And it closed its border to visitors.
There was outrage from human rights campaigners when people were jailed for35 days in jail for being away from home, a man was sentenced to five weeks’ imprisonment for organising a gathering; and another was jailed for 30 days for drinking at a friend’s home.
The IOM had suffered 336 cases and 24 deaths but by May 20 person-to-person Covid-19 transmission had been eliminated and the island was Covid-free.
Since then there have been strict rules that residents quarantine when returning to the island but this has still resulted in seven people now being in isolation on the island after testing positive.
From December 23, with cases on the mainland soaring, the Isle of Man is even refusing to accept visitors seeking entry on compassionate grounds.
Meanwhile, back on the mainland Johnson has learned nothing from the island's success.
There is merely a 200 pound penalty notice for people leaving home without a reasonable excuse and the government website is silent about whether people doing a Dominic Cummings will be penalised.
Official figures, published by the UK Government, show there were 82,624 death certificates which mentioned Covid-19 as a cause of death by December 18..
Here’s the government wording: “Total number of deaths of people whose death certificate mentioned Covid-19 as one of the causes, registered up to Friday, 18 December 2020.”
“People who had had COVID-19 but did not have it mentioned on their death certificate as a cause of death are excluded.”
The reliable Worldometers website has figures for Covid-19 deaths between December 19 and 31 which add up to 6,971, giving a credible figure of 89,595 for the year.
But the Worldometers figures for December 31 give a Covid-19 death toll for the UK of only 72,548 so the toll for the year is probably well over 90,000.
More than a third of those deaths occurred in the last quarter after the government’s own scientific advisers warned on September 21 and 24 that immediate and stringent action, including a two-week national lockdown to act as a circuit breaker, needed to be taken to stop the rise in cases.
If not, said the experts: “…it is possible…hospital admissions will over time exceed the Reasonable Worst Case Scenario.”
Johnson ignored the advice, aiding the increasing magnitude of the catastrophe.
There are now a record number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals and Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden, president of the Doctors' Association UK, said this week she and her colleagues were "at breaking point".
But one area of the UK took early draconian measures to deal with the virus.
Unlike the rest of the UK, the Isle of Man introduced a strict lockdown on March 27, forcing people to stay at home and introducing 10,000 pound fines or prison terms of up to three months for those flouting the law - or both.
And it closed its border to visitors.
There was outrage from human rights campaigners when people were jailed for35 days in jail for being away from home, a man was sentenced to five weeks’ imprisonment for organising a gathering; and another was jailed for 30 days for drinking at a friend’s home.
The IOM had suffered 336 cases and 24 deaths but by May 20 person-to-person Covid-19 transmission had been eliminated and the island was Covid-free.
Since then there have been strict rules that residents quarantine when returning to the island but this has still resulted in seven people now being in isolation on the island after testing positive.
From December 23, with cases on the mainland soaring, the Isle of Man is even refusing to accept visitors seeking entry on compassionate grounds.
Meanwhile, back on the mainland Johnson has learned nothing from the island's success.
There is merely a 200 pound penalty notice for people leaving home without a reasonable excuse and the government website is silent about whether people doing a Dominic Cummings will be penalised.
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