Claim: Fewer people have died from Covid-19 in the past 40 days than one day of cancer deaths.
Fact-check: Daily cancer deaths not higher than those from Covid during last 40 days - Full Fact
Verdict: the data used when the claim was made actually shows the number of people over a 40 day period who died of covid-19 was higher than the average daily cancer death rate.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Tom Norton
Date published: 2021-07-29T00:00:00