Tue Jan 31, 2023 – 10:27 am EST
(The Daily Sceptic) — Deaths continue to run at extraordinary levels in England and Wales. In the week ending January 13, 2023, there were 17,381 deaths, which is 2,837 or 19.5 percent above the five-year average. This is despite the five-year average having risen due to the early 2021 COVID wave. Compared to the pre-pandemic five-year average of 13,822 it is 3,559 or 25.7 percent above average.
There were 922 deaths with COVID registered on the death certificate, of which 654 were registered as due to COVID as underlying cause. This leaves 2,183 excess deaths from a different underlying cause. Since the wave of excess non-COVID deaths began in April the total now stands at 34,691.
I have previously noted how waves of excess non-COVID deaths appear to correlate with the COVID booster campaigns in spring and autumn, as seen in the chart below, which shows deaths by date of occurrence in England and Wales.
It’s clear, however, that these correlations with booster rollouts are far from determinative of the overall shape of the curve. In particular, deaths remained high during the summer and have spiked
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