Only twice have annual death registrations in England and Wales exceeded 600,000

Flu pandemic

1918

Covid-19 pandemic

2020

600 thousand deaths

400

200

0

1850

1900

1950

2000

Flu pandemic

Covid-19 pandemic

600,000 deaths

400,000

200,000

0

1918

2020

1850

1900

1950

2000