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How many people have died from COVID-19 only?
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Figure 2 of our Deaths registered weekly bulletin shows the number of deaths due to COVID-19 and the number of deaths involving COVID-19.
"Due to" refers only to deaths where COVID-19 was recorded as the underlying cause of death on the death certificate.
"Involving" referring to deaths that had COVID-19 mentioned anywhere on the death certificate, whether as an underlying cause or not.
Please see the 'download data' option at the bottom of Figure 2 to view this information in a weekly spreadsheet.
Please also see the following summed totals for COVID-19 from January 2020 to week ending 9 April 2021:
Deaths involving COVID-19 (underlying or contributory cause): 137,058
Deaths due to COVID-19 (underlying cause): 122,788
You may also be interested in Table 2 of the following publication: Pre-existing conditions of people who died due to COVID-19, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics. This shows the number of people who have died from COVID-19 broken down by underlying cause. This also includes those who have died from COVID-19 with no pre-existing conditions.
Please note, our COVID-19 mortality data are different from the figures on COVID-19 deaths published on the government's COVID-19 dashboard which shows 'deaths within 28 days of a positive test'. You can read a blog by Professor John Newton of Public Health England about the complexities of counting COVID-19 deaths and the different methods used.
You can read in detail about the coding of causes of death and identifying the underlying cause in the ONS User guide to mortality statistics and the WHO International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) instruction manual.