Deaths from Covid19 Only

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Dear Office for National Statistics,

1. How many people have died every month between 01 March 2020 and 31 January 2021 where the cause of death was attributed to Covid-19 ONLY and the deceased had no underlying health conditions.

2. What were the ages of those that died each month between 01 March 2020 and 31 January 2021 from Covid 19 only.

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Pat Mastelotto

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Dear Pat

 

Thank you for your request.

 

I am writing to confirm that the Office for National Statistics has now
completed its search for the information which you requested and the
response can be found here:

You asked:

1. How many people have died every  month between 01 March 2020 and 31
January 2021 where the cause of death was attributed to Covid-19 ONLY and
the deceased had no underlying health conditions.

2. What were the ages of those that died each month  between 01 March 2020
and 31 January 2021 from Covid 19 only

 

We said:

We are responsible for the provision of mortality statistics for England
and Wales. [1]National Records Scotland (NRS) and the [2]Northern Ireland
Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics
pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. They can be contacted
at [3][email address] and [4][email address] respectively.

ONS have been producing [5]Pre-existing conditions of people whose death
was recorded with an underlying cause of COVID-19, deaths registered in
2020, this dataset can be found in section 7 of the Monthly mortality
analysis bulletin. This dataset provides a greater insight into the
leading underlying causes of death groups for deaths occurring in England
and Wales in 2020 and will be updated quarterly. Therefore, we do not hold
published figures as you have requested from the 1^st March.

Please see 'table 1b, row 29' for quarterly deaths where COVID-19 was
listed as the underlying cause, but had no other pre-existing conditions
recorded on the death certificate. COVID-19 deaths involving pre-existing
conditions are split by broad age groups between 1-64 and 65+.

If you would like to discuss these statistics further, please
contact [6][email address].

 

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