es sind halt ZWEI Dunkelziffern zu beachten:

- die unerkannten (symptomfreien oder nur leicht erkrankten) Infektionen

UND

- die nicht laborgetesteten Covid-19-Todesfälle

siehe hierzu

The Telegraph
17 April 2020
7,500 feared to have died of coronavirus in UK care homes
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The number of care home residents who have died of suspected coronavirus may have reached 7,500, according to the latest estimate, The Telegraph has learned.
New data collated by Care England, the country's largest representative body for care homes, suggests the number of deaths from Covid-19 ...

The number is also far in advance of the official figure from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which has recorded 217 care home deaths from the virus up to April 3 – the most recent date for which official data is available.

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oder in einfacher Sprache:

"Nun sind sie halt tot."