This @ONS study of excess mortality across Europe makes bleak reading for England and Scotland. 
Here’s the full detail from @ONS. There’s no pretending these are anything but truly terrifying mortality statistics for England and for Scotland.
England:
‘While England did not have the highest peak mortality, it did have the longest continuous period of excess mortality of any country compared, resulting in England having the highest levels of excess mortality in Europe for the period as a whole.’
‘While England did not have the highest peak mortality, it did have the longest continuous period of excess mortality of any country compared, resulting in England having the highest levels of excess mortality in Europe for the period as a whole.’
England was first and Scotland third in a comparison of excess mortality among 25 countries over a longer period.
