You asked
How many people have died from the COVID-19 vaccine from first roll out days and can I request the info on how many people have died from COVID-19 between dates March 2020 to April 2021
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
Deaths after receipt of COVID-19 Vaccine:
You can find the number of deaths involving COVID-19 (not restricted to 28 days after vaccination) in table 12 of our Monthly Mortality Analysis dataset, these include figures for deaths involving adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccination. There are currently 0 deaths registered with the aligning ICD codes for this. However, should this change, they will be updated in this table. This publication will be updated on 22 May 2021.
As such, the information you have requested is considered exempt under Section 22(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, whereby information is exempt from release if there is a view to publish the information in the future. Furthermore, as a central government department and producer of official statistics, we need to have the freedom to be able to determine our own publication timetables. This is to allow us to deal with the necessary preparation, administration and context of publications. It would be unreasonable to consider disclosure when to do so would undermine our functions.
This exemption is subject to a public interest test. We recognise the desirability of information being freely available and this is considered by ONS when publication schedules are set in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics. The need for timely data must be balanced against the practicalities of applying statistical skill and judgement to produce the high quality, assured data needed to inform decision-making. If this balance is incorrectly applied, then we run the risk of decisions being based on inaccurate data which is arguably not in the public interest. This will have an impact on public trust in official statistics in a time when accuracy of official statistics is more important to the public than ever before.
COVID-19 Deaths:
Using the Deaths Registered Weekly in England and Wales publication, there have been 57,055 registered deaths from 2 January 2021 to 30 April 2021 (latest available data).
There were 80,830 registered deaths from 1 March 2020 until 1 January 2021.
Total COVID-19 registered deaths from 1 March 2020 to 30 April 2021 is 137,885.
For further information, please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.