Why deaths aren't rising as fast in Covid-19's second wave, despite big spikes in new infections

 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/28/europe/coronavirus-death-rate-second-wave-lower-intl/index.html

The most obvious reason for the lower death toll is age.

The first wave of the pandemic hit Europe's elderly people particularly hard, spreading in hospitals and care homes, but this has changed over the summer, with the virus circulating more widely among younger people going to restaurants, bars and other public places.