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How many people (in the UK) been reported to have died because of the Pfizer COVID vaccine, the Astrazeneca COVID vaccine and how many people across all the different vaccines have, so far, been reported to have experienced serious side effects.
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Thank you for your enquiry.
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
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.
Adverse Reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine:
Unfortunately, we do have access to this information and consider this information not held. Please contact the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).