You asked
Please provide an updated figure for deaths from Coronavirus by age with no underlying health conditions. This has not been updated since 30 June 2020.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
We have been producing the following publication, Deaths involving COVID-19, England and Wales, in the response to COVID-19. This publication provides a greater insight into the leading underlying causes of death groups for deaths occurring in England and Wales between March and 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.
Here are the figures below:
No pre-existing condition: England and Wales – 4476
No pre-existing condition: England – 4169
No pre-existing condition: Wales – 294
Provisional monthly death registration data for England and Wales, broken down by sex, age and country are now available in the following monthly publication: Monthly mortality analysis, England and Wales. This publication contains data from July onwards and includes deaths due to COVID-19 and leading causes of death. We are no longer publishing monthly COVID-19 deaths by pre-existing conditions, because the numbers are now small enough that providing this level of detail poses risk of disclosure.
Consequently, we would be unable to provide you with an update of the information requested. In order to fulfil this request, we would need use a high level of statistical skill and judgement in order to create bespoke analysis for you, as we do not currently hold an update of the publication referenced. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Public Authorities are not obligated to create information in order to respond to requests. Furthermore, even if we were to do so, the numbers would be very low, which could prove to be disclosive.
We are constantly reassessing the demand for COVID-19 death statistics. Should deaths from COVID-19 rise again, we will revisit this analysis and review how we can continue to publish analysis to inform users.
If you would like to discuss these statistics further, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk