You asked
Can you send me the actual number of deaths from COVID-19 solely as the cause in Bristol from March 2020 - March 2021.
We said
Thank you for your request.
Unfortunately, we do have published statistics for deaths in Bristol due to COVID-19 where there were no pre-existing conditions.
To fulfill this request, we would need to create a bespoke analysis or table, which we are not obligated to do under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We therefore consider this to be information not held.
However, we do have some data published which may be of interest to you.
We can provide deaths involving COVID-19 deaths by MSOA postcode from March 2020 to March 2021. Deaths due to COVID-19 - Interactive map. These figures where COVID-19 was recorded as the underlying cause to a smaller geography but may have included secondary causes.
ONS have also been producing Pre-existing conditions of people whose death was recorded with an underlying cause of COVID-19, deaths registered in 2020, this dataset can be found in section 8 of the Monthly mortality analysis bulletin. This dataset provides a greater insight into the leading pre-existing cause of death groups, for deaths occurring in England and Wales in 2020 that were due to COVID-19.
Please see 'table 1a, row 28' for deaths where COVID-19 was listed as the underlying cause, but had no other pre-existing conditions recorded on the death certificate, England and Wales, 2020. Table 1b represents these figures for England and table 1c figures are for Wales.
This publication will be updated quarterly. COVID-19 deaths involving pre-existing conditions is split by broad age groups between 1-64 and 65+. There was a total of 9400 deaths in England and Wales 2020 that were due to COVID-19 and were recorded without any pre-existing conditions.