You asked
Please can I have the single figure of the people who died in 2020 that is from 1/1/2020 to 31/12/2020 thank you
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. 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.
For 2020 data, using the Excess deaths registered in 2020, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk) publication, there were 607,922 deaths in England and Wales.
Scotland and Ireland have published the following year end data.
Scotland - https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/covid19/annual-deaths-excess-deaths-1855-2020.xlsx
Northern Ireland - https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/monthly-deaths
For any further information please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk