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How many people in the UK died with COVID-19 pneumonitis as their PRIMARY CAUSE OF DEATH between 1st January 2020-31st December 2020?
How many people in the UK died with COVID-19 pneumonitis as their PRIMARY CAUSE OF DEATH between 1st January 2021-31st May 2021?
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We are responsible for the production of Mortality data for England and Wales, this is driven by information collected from the death certificate at death registration. National Records Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. They can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk respectively.
The doctor or coroner certifying a death can record more than one health condition or event on the form. The medical certificate of cause of death has two parts, Part 1 contains the sequence of health conditions or events leading directly to death, while Part 2 can contain other health conditions that contributed to the death but were not part of the direct sequence. For statistical purposes one of the health conditions on the certificate is chosen as the 'underlying cause of death'. The underlying cause of death is defined as the health condition or event that started the train of events leading to death and is worked out according to rules from the World Health Organisation (WHO). COVID-19 is the underlying cause of death in around 92% of deaths where it was mentioned on the death certificate.
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.
In Figure 2 of the Deaths Registered weekly in England and Wales publication, using the download the data link you can see weekly figures of deaths involving COVID-19 and deaths due to COVID-19. This information is updated every Tuesday.
We use the term "due to COVID-19" or "due to influenza and pneumonia" when referring only to deaths where that illness was recorded as the underlying cause of death. We use the term "involving COVID-19" or "involving influenza and pneumonia" when referring to deaths that had that illness mentioned anywhere on the death certificate, whether as an underlying cause or not.
Year | Week no. | Deaths involving COVID-19 | Deaths due to COVID-19 |
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2020 | Week 1 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Week 2 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Week 3 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Week 4 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Week 5 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Week 6 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Week 7 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Week 8 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Week 9 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Week 10 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Week 11 | 5 | 5 |
2020 | Week 12 | 103 | 95 |
2020 | Week 13 | 539 | 519 |
2020 | Week 14 | 3,475 | 3,332 |
2020 | Week 15 | 6,213 | 5,983 |
2020 | Week 16 | 8,758 | 8,435 |
2020 | Week 17 | 8,237 | 7,867 |
2020 | Week 18 | 6,035 | 5,689 |
2020 | Week 19 | 3,930 | 3,664 |
2020 | Week 20 | 3,810 | 3,511 |
2020 | Week 21 | 2,589 | 2,341 |
2020 | Week 22 | 1,822 | 1,628 |
2020 | Week 23 | 1,588 | 1,392 |
2020 | Week 24 | 1,114 | 948 |
2020 | Week 25 | 783 | 629 |
2020 | Week 26 | 606 | 498 |
2020 | Week 27 | 532 | 408 |
2020 | Week 28 | 366 | 291 |
2020 | Week 29 | 295 | 228 |
2020 | Week 30 | 217 | 161 |
2020 | Week 31 | 193 | 148 |
2020 | Week 32 | 152 | 115 |
2020 | Week 33 | 139 | 104 |
2020 | Week 34 | 138 | 98 |
2020 | Week 35 | 101 | 76 |
2020 | Week 36 | 78 | 69 |
2020 | Week 37 | 99 | 78 |
2020 | Week 38 | 139 | 118 |
2020 | Week 39 | 215 | 178 |
2020 | Week 40 | 321 | 279 |
2020 | Week 41 | 438 | 385 |
2020 | Week 42 | 670 | 590 |
2020 | Week 43 | 978 | 874 |
2020 | Week 44 | 1,379 | 1,196 |
2020 | Week 45 | 1,937 | 1,743 |
2020 | Week 46 | 2,466 | 2,170 |
2020 | Week 47 | 2,697 | 2,361 |
2020 | Week 48 | 3,040 | 2,637 |
2020 | Week 49 | 2,835 | 2,469 |
2020 | Week 50 | 2,756 | 2,337 |
2020 | Week 51 | 2,986 | 2,557 |
2020 | Week 52 | 2,912 | 2,497 |
2020 | Week 53 | 3,144 | 2,741 |
Download this table COVID-19 deaths 2020
.xls .csv
Year | Week no. | Deaths involving COVID-19 | Deaths due to COVID-19 |
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2021 | Week 1 | 6,057 | 5,367 |
2021 | Week 2 | 7,245 | 6,510 |
2021 | Week 3 | 8,422 | 7,592 |
2021 | Week 4 | 8,433 | 7,610 |
2021 | Week 5 | 7,320 | 6,521 |
2021 | Week 6 | 5,691 | 5,035 |
2021 | Week 7 | 4,079 | 3,495 |
2021 | Week 8 | 2914 | 2469 |
2021 | Week 9 | 2,105 | 1,685 |
2021 | Week 10 | 1,501 | 1,197 |
2021 | Week 11 | 963 | 740 |
2021 | Week 12 | 719 | 535 |
2021 | Week 13 | 400 | 308 |
2021 | Week 14 | 379 | 280 |
2021 | Week 15 | 362 | 275 |
2021 | Week 16 | 260 | 176 |
2021 | Week 17 | 205 | 140 |
2021 | Week 18 | 129 | 94 |
2021 | Week 19 | 151 | 108 |
2021 | Week 20 | 107 | 66 |
2021 | Week 21 | 95 | 70 |
2021 | Week 22 | 98 | 57 |
2021 | Week 23 | 84 | 66 |
Download this table COVID-19 deaths 2021 (latest available data is week 23 11th June 2021)
.xls .csvFor further information, please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.