Claim: To the end of 2021, there have been 156,924 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test in the UK.
Fact-check: Number of death certificates with only Covid-19 is a bad estimate of the death toll - Full Fact
Verdict: broadly correct. the true figure is 149,989.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2022-04-20T00:00:00