Deaths cause by COVID-19 since March

Dyddiad y datganiad:
4 December 2020

You asked

​Under the FOI act can you please inform me of the number of deaths since March this year that are totally caused by COVID-19 and not merely with it?

We said

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.

We use the term "due to COVID-19" when referring only to deaths where that illness was recorded as the underlying cause of death. This information can be found on a weekly basis in Figure 2 of our Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional publication, which is updated every Tuesday.

Figure 2: The number of deaths involving COVID-19 increased for the tenth consecutive week

Deaths involving and due to COVID-19 and influenza and pneumonia, England and Wales 2020

Week no.Deaths due to COVID-19
Week 1                                        -  
Week 2                                        -  
Week 3                                        -  
Week 4                                        -  
Week 5                                        -  
Week 6                                        -  
Week 7                                        -  
Week 8                                        -  
Week 9                                        -  
Week 10                                        -  
Week 11                                         5
Week 12                                       95
Week 13                                     519
Week 14                                  3,332
Week 15                                  5,983
Week 16                                  8,435
Week 17                                  7,867
Week 18                                  5,689
Week 19                                  3,664
Week 20                                  3,511
Week 21                                  2,341
Week 22                                  1,628
Week 23                                  1,392
Week 24                                     948
Week 25                                     629
Week 26                                     498
Week 27                                     408
Week 28                                     291
Week 29                                     228
Week 30                                     161
Week 31                                     148
Week 32                                     115
Week 33                                     104
Week 34                                       98
Week 35                                       76
Week 36                                       69
Week 37                                       78
Week 38                                     118
Week 39                                     178
Week 40                                     279
Week 41                                     385
Week 42                                     590
Week 43                                     874
Week 44                                  1,196
Week 45                                  1,743
Week 46                                  2,170

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We have been producing the following publication in the response to COVID-19: Deaths involving COVID-19, England and Wales. Tables 5, 6a, 6b, and 6c of this publication provide COVID-19 death figures broken down by underlying health condition in England and Wales between March and June 2020. Please also see the following information, showing the number and percentage of deaths with and without pre-existing health conditions from March to June 2020.

Figures for COVID-19 deaths with no underlying health conditions are available on Table 5, this means where no other underlying condition was listed on the death certificate.

  • No pre-existing condition: England and Wales – 4476
  • No pre-existing condition: England – 4169
  • No pre-existing condition: Wales – 294

If you would like further information, please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.

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