FOI Ref: FOI/2022/3937
You asked
From the 1st December 2021 until the present day 22nd February 2022. How many people
Have died with Covid?
How many of them had preexisting conditions.
How many had received one vaccination?
How many had two vaccinations?
How many had two vaccinations and the booster?
How many were unvaccinated?
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
COVID-19 deaths 1 December 2021 to 22 February 2022
We hold the following analysis of deaths involving COVID-19 within the Deaths registered Weekly in England and Wales publication. In table 8, daily deaths in England and Wales involving COVID-19 are published.
There have been 12,082 deaths registered in England and Wales involving COVID-19 between 1 December 2021 and 22 February 2022.
COVID-19 deaths 1 December 2021 and 22 February 2022 by pre-existing condition
We hold the following analysis for December 2021 Pre-existing conditions of people who died due to COVID-19, England and Wales which includes data for December 2021. January and February 2022 will be published in April 2022 as part of the Quarter 1 2022 publication.
As such, the information you have requested for 2022 is considered exempt under Section 22(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, whereby information is exempt from release if there is a view to publish the information in the future. Furthermore, as a central government department and producer of official statistics, we need to have the freedom to be able to determine our own publication timetables. This is to allow us to deal with the necessary preparation, administration and context of publications. It would be unreasonable to consider disclosure when to do so would undermine our functions.
This exemption is subject to a public interest test. We recognise the desirability of information being freely available and this is considered by ONS when publication schedules are set in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics. The need for timely data must be balanced against the practicalities of applying statistical skill and judgement to produce the high quality, assured data needed to inform decision-making. If this balance is incorrectly applied, then we run the risk of decisions being based on inaccurate data which is arguably not in the public interest. This will have an impact on public trust in official statistics in a time when accuracy of official statistics is more important to the public than ever before.
COVID-19 deaths 1 December 2021 and 22 February 2022 by vaccination status
We hold the following analysis for December 2021 Deaths by vaccination status, England - Office for National Statistics for England. Table 8 provides an overview of COVID-19 and all cause deaths by vaccination status.
The data are for England only, as vaccinations data for Wales is not yet available to be linked to the mortality dataset and the Public Health Data Asset covers England only. Therefore, we consider data for Wales as information not held.
Please note, this publication does not provide analysis of deaths directly attributed to the COVID-19 vaccination.
January 2022 data will be published in our next publication in March 2022.
As such, the information you have requested for 2022 is considered exempt under Section 22(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, whereby information is exempt from release if there is a view to publish the information in the future. Furthermore, as a central government department and producer of official statistics, we need to have the freedom to be able to determine our own publication timetables. This is to allow us to deal with the necessary preparation, administration and context of publications. It would be unreasonable to consider disclosure when to do so would undermine our functions.
This exemption is subject to a public interest test. We recognise the desirability of information being freely available and this is considered by ONS when publication schedules are set in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics. The need for timely data must be balanced against the practicalities of applying statistical skill and judgement to produce the high quality, assured data needed to inform decision-making. If this balance is incorrectly applied, then we run the risk of decisions being based on inaccurate data which is arguably not in the public interest. This will have an impact on public trust in official statistics in a time when accuracy of official statistics is more important to the public than ever before.