FOI Ref: FOI/2021/3094
You asked
Please supply how many people have died from Coronavirus in the United Kingdom as a direct result from the virus. By direct result I mean where Coronavirus was actually the cause of death.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We are responsible for the provision of mortality statistics for England and Wales. National Records Scotland (NRS) and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. Therefore, we do not hold the requested data for the whole of the UK. Should you wish to obtain this data from NRS and NISRA, they can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk respectively.
COVID-19 deaths U071 and U072
COVID-19 deaths may include cases where the doctor completing the death certificate diagnosed possible cases of COVID-19, for example, where this was based on relevant symptoms, but no test for the virus was conducted. Deaths with a positive test are coded using the ICD10 code U0.71 and those with suspected COVID-19 but no test has been conducted are coded with ICD10 U0.72.
Please see table 12 of our monthly mortality analysis for deaths in England and Wales, where the underlying cause of death was coded to U071 and U072 (positive test / suspected COVID-19). Figures from table 12 below:
England: U071, March 2020 to September 2021 - 120,563
England: U072, March 2020 to September 2021 - 3780
Wales: U071, March 2020 to September 2021 - 6909
Wales: U072, March 2020 to September 2021 - 358
If you would like to discuss these statistics further, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk.