Here is the post [1]:
However, when we go to the corresponding FT page [2], we actually see a different graph:
I suspect the first picture is wrong w.r.t. Spain.
Indeed in a PS of the FT page [2] we see:
Indeed in a PS of the FT page [2] we see:
This article has been amended to take into account a one-off revision to Spanish data on Thursday. This meant the UK now has the second-highest death rate from coronavirus after Spain rather than the highest rate as originally reported. This article has been modified to replace a chart linking excess deaths to lockdown dates with one linking excess deaths per million.
Looking at the complete picture:
I am wondering about the difference between the first (total excess deaths per capita) with the last (percentage difference with average). I expected these to be more similar. Could it be that Peru has a low death rate (younger population)? Again the text has a note on this:
Peru has seen a large rise in deaths this year partly because it has had to battle other diseases, in addition to coronavirus, with its overstretched health system.
References
- UK has Europe's highest excess death toll and second highest in the world, https://www.youtube.com/post/UgxDGaBKDom1wrc91fp4AaABCQ
- UK suffers second-highest death rate from coronavirus, https://www.ft.com/content/6b4c784e-c259-4ca4-9a82-648ffde71bf0
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