According to a new study in Lancet Planetary Health, between 2000 and 2019, there were an average of 65,000 excess deaths per year in England and Wales associated with cold, but fewer than 800 a year associated with heat.
Reported infections have hit record highs during the Omicron surge, and deaths are up too – but excess deaths are low or zero, making Omicron largely a phantom Covid wave. No wonder restrictions are being lifted.
Deaths in England and Wales were 7.8% below the five-year average for the week ending January 7th, ONS data show, in the latest sign that the pandemic is coming to an end.
We're publishing an original piece today by an engineer in which he has tried to calculate the total loss of life due to Covid in 2020 in England and Wales and compared it to the impact of other diseases.
