Public Health England has changed its definition of deaths: here ' s what it means, CEBM

Public Health England has changed its definition of deaths. 2 External 0 0 0 The new definition false https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/908781/Technical_Summary_PHE_Data_Series_COVID-19_Deaths_20200812.pdf true false%> is now death in a person with a laboratory-confirmed positive COVID-19 test and died within (equal to or less than) 28 days of the first positive specimen date will now be reported 2 External 0 0 0 The new data   false https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phe-data-series-on-deaths-in-people-with-covid-19-technical-summary?utm_source=dac7e433-2d30-42a4-9622-ba39a93af8d7&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate true false%>can be accessed here. What this means is that England has had 36,695 deaths using this definition as opposed to the previous reported 42,072 – a difference of 5,377.
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