You asked
Please could you provide the following information under the foi act regarding the way statistics are compiled for covid deaths and hospitalizations
1. If somebody is in a mental health hospital receiving treatment and tests positive for covid-19 but is asymptomatic would they then be classed as being hospitalised with covid in the statistics of covid hospitalisations?
2. If somebody tests positive for covid-19 and then dies by suicide within 28 days would that be classed as a covid death in the statistics of covid deaths?
We said
Thank you for your request.
An explanation for whether deaths by suicide are included in the COVID-19 death count is available via the following link to a previously published FOI: https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/whethersuicidesareincludedinthecovid19deathcount
Unfortunately, we do not hold hospitalisation data. NHS Digital may be better placed to answer this enquiry. They can be contacted via email at enquiries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk.