The deaths-from-covid numbers are very suspect in m'humble. "Within 28 days of a positive test" simply doesn't make sense when the disease lasts for far less time than that in most people. The death numbers that make at least some sense are the ones which tell us the number of deaths in excess of what is expected for the season in question. Even those numbers can be confounded by factors such as fluctuating flu numbers and spells of very cold weather, etc. In addition, the stats we get on the telly every night are replete with spurious accuracy, precisely right down to the last person vaccinated, for example. All numbers are ball-park at best, but they are not presented that way. Think of them as benign propaganda, presented in order to keep us cautious.