>>Presumably the only figure we will ever know for sure through actual counting is "excess deaths"?
As an approximation of the total, yes.
We have numbers for deaths directly/indirectly from proven Covid-19 but they miss a big chunk.
"Excess deaths" in UK nursing homes is 29,000 for 2.3.20-12.6.20
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53280011
The graph near the bottom shows how little testing was going on until April with a big surge in deaths and only a little red area for proven Covid.
As has been mentioned previously, many nursing home deaths would have happened anyway in the next 1-5 years, but Covid is a P*** awful way to die.
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