WaPo Whopper?
Here’s this....
The seven-day average for infections was 37.1% down from the previous week, but fatalities were up by 28.9%.
https://www.originalfm.com/news/uk-news/covid-19-uk-records-31117-new-coronavirus-cases-and-85-more-deaths/
Fatalities lag trends of detections by 2-3 weeks.