Germany appears to be counting MORE deaths as C19 than the UK. This from today's Times:
German death certificates record not only the immediate cause of a death but also the “causal chain” that led to it. The coronavirus death toll is counted by the Robert Koch Institute, the government’s infectious diseases agency. It includes all patients who died either “of” or “with” a laboratory-confirmed case of Covid-19, whether in a hospital or elsewhere.
In cases where the deceased is suspected to have had an infection but had not been tested before death, coroners can order posthumous tests. It is unclear how routinely this happens and some Covid-19 deaths, especially in care homes, may slip through the cracks. [source: The Times]
Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze