You asked
Could you please tell me the up to date figures on how many people have died from having the vaccination on the yellow card reporting scheme.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
The Yellow Card scheme is run by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and is the UK system for collecting and monitoring information on safety concerns such as suspected side effects or adverse incidents involving medicines and medical devices. The scheme relies on voluntary reporting of suspected side effects or medical device incidents to be reported by health professionals and the public, including patients, carers and parents.
While the MHRA figures include all cases where a connection between vaccination and death has been suspected, ONS mortality data include only those where a doctor or coroner has decided that the vaccination definitely did contribute to the cause of death.
As we are not responsible for the Yellow Card reporting system, we do not hold the information you have requested. You can find figures published on the Yellow Card Scheme by the MHRA here.
ONS mortality data showing deaths after receipt of COVID-19 vaccine:
You can find the number of deaths involving COVID-19 (not restricted to first or second 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 2 deaths registered with the aligning ICD codes for this. However, should this change, they will be updated in this table. This publication is due to be updated in June 2021.
You may also be interest to know that we are working on analysis on all aspects of the relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and mortality, which will be published in June. The creation of this information requires complex analysis linking vaccination records to death registrations. Once we have finalised these plans a publication date will be announced on our Release Calendar.