Thread by @EdConwaySky

The UK had one of the very worst #COVID19 outbreaks in Europe. Look at England alone and it was the very worst. Nothing very surprising in these latest @ONS data on mortality but that doesn’t make it any less depressing ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

As of mid-2020 no other European country had higher cumulative excess mortality than the UK. Worth noting Spain’s cumulative excess mortality was briefly even higher than the UK’s peak. Even so, a horrible chart that underlines the scale of destruction left by #COVID19

Important detail from today’s @ONS cross-country analysis: while Italy and Spain had localised #COVID19 hotspots, UK excess deaths were spread more widely.
For instance, Scotland had higher excess death rates than Italy and Belgium

Look at this map: while the outbreaks in Spain, Italy & France were mostly in certain areas (Madrid, Bergamo etc) in UK deaths were far more widespread.
It’s an important distinction: most of Europe faced intense, contained local outbreaks.
Britain had a national #COVID19 crisis.