Claim: The British public believe that 7% of the UK population has died from Coronavirus, a number 100 times higher than the recorded-death reality.
Fact-check: Why this poll gives a misleading view on how many people the public think Covid-19 has killed - Full Fact
Verdict: this uses a mean average which isn't appropriate in this context. using the median, the average brit thought that 1% of the gb population had died of covid-19.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2020-08-05T00:00:00