FOI Ref: FOI/2021/2864
You asked
Please supply all relevant information concerning deaths from the COVID-19 vaccine from July 2020 up until July 2021.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry requesting deaths involving the COVID-19 vaccination.
There are currently 4 deaths registered with the aligning ICD-10 codes for deaths involving adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccination (U12.9). You can find the number of deaths involving COVID-19 (not restricted to first or second vaccination) in table 12 of our Monthly Mortality Analysis dataset, these include figures for deaths involving adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccination. The latest data available is July 2021.
Due to the small numbers we are unable to offer any further disaggregation of this data. This publication is due to be updated in September 2021.
We have also published the following release Deaths involving COVID-19 by vaccination status, England: deaths occurring between 2 January and 2 July 2021, which may be of interest to you.
In England, between 2 January and 2 July 2021, there were 51,281 deaths involving COVID-19; 640 occurred in people who were fully vaccinated. This includes people who had been infected before they were vaccinated. This information can be found in table 1 of the dataset.
In total, there were 256 deaths involving COVID-19 that occurred in someone who had received both vaccine doses and had a first positive PCR test at least 14 days after the second vaccination dose. We call these 'breakthrough deaths.'
13.1% of 'breakthrough deaths' occurred in people who were identified as likely to be immunocompromised from hospital episodes or causes of death, compared to 5.4% for other COVID-19 deaths. This information can be found in table 2 and table 3 of the dataset.
Unfortunately, due to the small numbers involved in these breakthrough deaths we are unable to provide further disaggregation by age.
If you have any further enquiries about your request, please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.