knumbskull
Striker
This is the only part of your post that will be readAs I understand it, any death within 28 days of a positive test, regardless of cause, is counted as a 28 day death.
As I say though - we have more COVID death registrations, where a doctor has said COVID played a part or directly caused the death, than we have 28-day deaths.
128k 28 day deaths
152k death certificates with COVID on