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Government admits hospital data 'does not tell the full story' of coronavirus deaths - with experts saying numbers could be up to 40% off

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The government have admitted that data on the number of people with Covid-19 who have died 'does not tell the full story.' Daily figures on the number of people with the virus who have died are released with that number today sadly reaching 14,829.

However this only includes people who have died in hospital and not in care homes, hospices, at home or elsewhere in the community.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are also published totalling all deaths where where COVID-19 is mentioned on a person's death certificate, with the latest set of data expected later this week.

At today's Downing Street press conference, chaired by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak, speculation that the true number of fatalities could actually be 40

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