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4. This applies to many countries

Fri May 1, 2020, 08:11 AM

May 2020

The Economist has been collating excess death figures. For Sweden, looking at deaths up to 14th April, it reckoned 90% of them had been recorded as Covid-19; for Belgium, and New York City, 93%; England and Wales, 71%; Spain, 67%; Lombardy, 48%.

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/04/16/tracking-covid-19-excess-deaths-across-countries

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Sweden forced to admit significant under-counting of coronavirus deaths [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2020 OP

I love Sweden, visited there a few times with my wife at140 Apr 2020 #1

Seems like they may have screwed up. WVreaper Apr 2020 #2

Dear Sweden: The rest of the world thanks you Grokenstein Apr 2020 #3

This applies to many countries muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #4