Claim: There was a large rise in the number of Covid deaths on 2 February 2022.
Fact-check: Higher number of reported Covid-19 deaths down to backlog - Full Fact
Verdict: a large number of deaths were reported on this day, because of a delay in the system. at the beginning of february 2022, the number of deaths happening each day was falling.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2022-02-03T00:00:00