Highest deaths since 1929

but they are now going down. US omicron variants https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions BA.2, 39% BA.2.12.1, 58% Less common omicron derivatives Others, 0.1% Delta, 0% UK, covid symptom Zoe study ONS https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/infections Risk of re-infection Risk of re-infection, eight times higher in Omicron times (20 December 2021 onwards), compared with Delta times, (17 May to 19 December 2021) Deaths COVID-19 is mentioned on fewer death certificates than flu and pneumonia But, more likely to be listed as the underlying cause of death Number of deaths due to COVID-19, and flu and pneumonia, England and Wales, 1901 to 2021 COVID-19, 2020 Underlying cause of 73,766 deaths COVID-19, 2021 Underlying cause of 67,258 deaths Deaths due to flu and pneumonia, 1929 Underlying cause of 73,212 deaths Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices