Rejected petition Record all COVID 19 deaths

Remove the 28 day COVID recording restriction so that all deaths are included in the daily figures, not just those that have tested positive during the last four weeks.

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The pandemic is a national crisis. Yet the government has seen fit to massage the number of deaths due to this terrible virus making it seem better than it actually is. We have officially surpassed 100k deaths due to this disease although the actual figure is likely to be higher. We call on the government to record all deaths, where COVID-19 has been listed as the cause on the death certificate regardless of time.

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The Government already publishes statistics on the number of deaths with Covid-19 on the death certificate. This is available here, alongside the statistics of the number of people who die within 28 days of a positive test: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths

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Date submitted 26 January 2021
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