Why the difference in death rates from covid 19

[F2d5thCav]

btw - If anyone wants to look at the TRUE impact of this virus on the death rates, do NOT trust the "official" Covid figures!
Look instead at the "excess death" figures.
These are the ACTUAL numbers of deaths which have occurred, over and above the "normal" expected death figures for this period. (The expected death rates are calculated by averaging out the death rates for the same period over a number of previous years.)
THOSE figures will let you see EXACTLY how much worse this year has been (for deaths) when compared directly with previous years. (Other factors can affect the overall death rates, e.g. major natural disasters, war zones, other pandemics etc but for countries which are not seriously affected by these, only the "excess" deaths will give a good indication of how covid-19 has affected your region/country.)

That's about the only suggestion regarding death rates I have seen that makes sense.  Trying to base death on infections makes no sense because no one knows how many are truly infected.

Cheers