Information on Covid-19 deaths

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Dear Public Health England,

It is important that the general public has as good an understanding as possible of the risks associated with Covid-19.

Of those people who have been reported to have died in UK hospitals (or for any suitable sub-set for which it is easier to provide useful information), what proportions:

a) Correspond to the NHS advised "very high risk/extremely vulnerable" group?
b) Correspond to the NHS advised "high risk/vulnerable" group?
c) Would have been deemed by the NHS not to be "high risk" or "very high risk"?

This is a very simple query and I'd be really surprised if you hadn't somehow looked at this question in some way. I'm happy to consider any estimate you may have made of this for your own purposes if this may save you the time and resource involved in calculating precise figures.

Yours faithfully,

Andrew James Musson

FOI, Public Health England

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FOI, Public Health England

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Dear Andrew Musson,

Please find attached Public Health England's response to your request.

Kind regards,

FOI Team
Public Accountability Unit
Public Health England
[PHE request email]
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