(credits: Dr John Campbell) US and EU excess mortality persists in May 2023More detail on the situation in Australia,https://lettersfromaustralia.s....ubstack.com/p/hey-pr world in datahttps://ourworldindata.org/gra....pher/excess-mortalit 2023, excess deaths, +2.9% (8,100 excess deaths)Above the baseline period in 2016-2019)April it was +3.3%May 2022, 8% (31,100 excess deaths)May 2021, 10.7% (48,700 excess deaths)May 2020, 3.1% (9,700 excess deaths)https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplep....opulationandcommunit ending 28 July 2023 (Week 30)9,684 deaths registered in England and Wales63 of these deaths mentioned novel coronavirus (COVID-19), accounting for 0.7% of all deaths.Of the 63 deaths involving COVID-19 in Week 30, 61.9% (39 deaths) had this recorded as the underlying cause of deathDeaths registered in the UKWeek 30 were 11,115 0.8% above the five-year average (91 excess deaths)https://app.powerbi.com/view?r....=eyJrIjoiYmUwNmFhMjY