FOI Ref: FOI/2022/4289
You asked
Please provide:
Deaths within 28 days of a positive covid test, in England and Wales, divided by vaccination status. (Unvaccinated, one dose, two, three and booster)
Cases in emergency care within 28 days of positive test, also divided by vaccination status.
I would like this data from the 7 of April 2022 to today 7 July 2022. or to the end of June at the least.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
Our data is derived from the death certificate, using information received at the point of death registration. This is different to the data used by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) which records all deaths with a positive test within 28 days. Their data is available on the government's COVID-19 dashboard, which shows 'deaths within 28 days of a positive test', and National COVID-19 surveillance reports.
As our organisation use a different methodology for reporting on COVID-19 deaths, the requested information is not held, and we recommend contacting the UKHSA directly for this query. They can be contacted on InformationRights@UKHSA.gov.uk.
We (the ONS) hold the following analysis, which may be of interest: Deaths by vaccination status, England.
The latest data available is January 2021 to May 2022. June and July data will be published in August/September 2022.
For further information on this dataset, please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.
You may also wish to read a blog by Professor John Newton of Public Health England about the complexities of counting COVID-19 deaths and the different methods used.