Clarifications and corrections
An article on November 21 about the government’s use of Covid statistics included a graph headlined ‘fatalities are barely any higher’ which com – pared weekly 2020 deaths up to week 44 against the mini – mum and maximum weekly deaths over the past five years ‘adjusted for population growth’. In fact, the figures n were also adjusted for demo – graphic changes. As the article made clear, according to O NS data, deaths in week 45 were ‘11,812 which was 14.3 per cent, or 1,481 deaths higher, than the five-year average.’
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