Claim: We don't have data on people who died of Covid-19 as the primary infection.
Fact-check: 73,444 deaths registered in 2020 in England and Wales had Covid-19 as the underlying cause - Full Fact
Verdict: we do know how many deaths were registered in england and wales with covid-19 as the underlying cause. in 2020 it was 73,444.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2021-01-20T00:00:00