The above today caught my eye because I feel sure the various authorities in England and, of course, the Conservatives. we using a smaller number before.

Given their long history of fiddling A&E and drug deaths data, let’s, nevertheless let them have the above.

I’ll be quick.

What was the equivalent figure for Scotland.

Here’s the worst one:

Care Inspectorate: 3,774 notifications of COVID-related deaths of care home residents from 16 March 2020 to 31 March 2021. Nearly all (3,761) were in homes for older people. This includes residents who died in hospital or elsewhere, and short-stay residents.

https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents/inq000507855-report-from-care-inspectorate-titled-covid-19-related-deaths-in-care-homes-2020-21-care-homes-for-adults-and-older-people-in-scotland-dated-26-05-2021/

So we multiply the Scottish data by 11.2 [61.8m/5.5m], to suggest, all things being equal, we might expect the figure for England & Wales to have been around 42 300 but it was nearly 46 000, nearly 3 700 more! 8.7% more.