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US overtakes UK as hardest hit by Covid deaths in G7
Source: BBC
US overtakes UK as hardest hit by Covid deaths in G7
By Faisal Islam
Economics editor
10 June 2021
The US was worst hit by the pandemic in the G7 big Western democracies over the first year of Covid-19, according to an updated study of excess death figures.
The analysis, done for the BBC by the Health Foundation, comes on the eve of the G7 summit in Cornwall.
It measures deaths above expected levels for a normal year.
Last year, an earlier BBC study showed that at that point, the UK had been hardest hit. Overall, UK outcomes are now second worst in the G7.
The analysis shows that in the second half of last year in particular, US levels of excess deaths failed to drop back as much as other comparable industrialised nations.
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By Faisal Islam
Economics editor
10 June 2021
The US was worst hit by the pandemic in the G7 big Western democracies over the first year of Covid-19, according to an updated study of excess death figures.
The analysis, done for the BBC by the Health Foundation, comes on the eve of the G7 summit in Cornwall.
It measures deaths above expected levels for a normal year.
Last year, an earlier BBC study showed that at that point, the UK had been hardest hit. Overall, UK outcomes are now second worst in the G7.
The analysis shows that in the second half of last year in particular, US levels of excess deaths failed to drop back as much as other comparable industrialised nations.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57421886
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