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• Comment: The grave matter of Covid-19 death statistics

  31 July 2020

  Cintia Cheong looks at the reliability of excess deaths

• UK coronavirus death rate beginning to fall, say actuaries

  05 May 2020

  But Covid-19 deaths remain roughly double the government quoted figures

• UK has 30,000 more deaths than expected in 2020, say actuaries

  21 April 2020

  Continuous Mortality Investigation calculates deaths attributable to Covid-19

• Caution urged over interpreting ONS figures on UK life expectancy

  27 September 2018

  Longevity experts explain how slowdown in life expectancy improvements will impact insurers