I've gave up checking the Covid-19 statistics after I read the report into how there is no fixed and fast rule for how every country actually reports their numbers.
I, like many asked myself how Germany, a country with a similar size population per Sq Km to the UK, were reporting more infections than the UK but not experiencing as many deaths. We were told, it was because they were testing more, but what we are not being told is that in the UK, if you die in hospital following say a stroke, but you have tested positive for Covid-19, you will be certified as a Coronavirus death. In Germany, you would be certified as a death from a stroke.
The Belgium government has also noticed this anomaly and has instructed that in future only those who die due to complications that can be accredited to Covid-19 be reported as a corona virus deaths.
So like you say Frankie, I doubt whether we will ever know the true number of deaths.