Did England’s National Health Service confirm that only 5,155 people have died of COVID-19 in England since the beginning of the pandemic? No, that’s not true: As of April 28, 2022, the death toll for the pandemic was more than 161,000, according to the U.K. government’s coronavirus website. The U.K. Office of National Statistics says COVID deaths are cases where the virus was the “underlying cause” of death.
The claim appeared in an article (archived here) published by The Exposé on April 27, 2022, under the title “160,000 COVID Deaths? – NHS confirms just 5,115 people have died of COVID-19 in England since beginning of Pandemic.” It opened:
The UK Government claims over 160,000 people have died of Covid-19 in England since March 2020, and they have used these claimed deaths to frighten people into compliance with ridiculous rules for the past two years.
But reports published by England’s National Health Service (NHS) reveal that as of 20th April 2022, just 5,115 people have died of Covid-19 in England since the alleged pandemic began.
Verdict: False (Death toll for the pandemic was more than 161,000, according to the U.K. government)