Between March 2020 and February this year there were one-fifth more deaths than in a normal year for the USThe US suffered the worst death rate of G7 nations during the first year of the pandemic, according to a new analysis. Earlier figures had suggested that the toll was worst in the UK. American levels of excess deaths failed to reduce in the second half of the year as much as in other comparable industrialised nations, the study by the Health Foundation charity for the BBC said. SponsoredBetween March 2020 and February this year there were one-fifth more deaths than in a normal year for the US, at 20.2 per cent, and just under a fifth for the UK at 19.6 per cent. Italy was a little lower but still significantly hit at 17 per cent, while the equivalent figure for France was 10.2

Source: The Times June 10, 2021 22:52 UTC