The calm before the storm?
— stuart mcdonald (@ActuaryByDay) March 24, 2020
Latest ONS weekly deaths data (to w/e 13 Mar) shows death numbers remain a bit lower than usual. Year to date there have been 4% less deaths than the five-year average.
Around 1-in-6 deaths in 2020 have been from respiratory diseases. pic.twitter.com/NyU9m1eLTm