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This article presents official statistics gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
The official daily report from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) counts those who died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus. It "could be the major cause, a contributory factor or simply present when they are dying of something else".[1] From 29 April 2020, the official figures include all coronavirus-positive deaths in the UK, wherever they happened.[2] Before then, the official daily toll included only hospital deaths in England, but included all coronavirus-positive deaths in the rest of the UK wherever they happened, if known to public health agencies.[3][4] There may be a delay between a death and it entering official statistics so families can be informed; this delay is usually a few days, but can be longer.[5][6]
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) issues a weekly report covering the four countries, which counts all deaths where coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate; not necessarily as the main cause of death. As of 21 September 2021[update], the total of registered deaths mentioning COVID-19 up till 10 September was 160,374, comprising 146,380 deaths for England, 8,129 for Wales, 10,688 for Scotland and 3,306 for Northern Ireland. In addition 184 non-UK residents died in England and Wales.[7][needs update] This incorporates data from the National Records of Scotland and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. This figure is higher because it also counts deaths where no test was done.[3][4][8] The ONS has analysed death certificates for England and Wales to the end of 2020 and shown that 91% of deaths which mention COVID-19 state this as the main cause of death (compared with 18% for flu and pneumonia).[9] The end of free mass testing in April 2022 greatly reduced the number of tests taken and may affect the number of cases, although ONS statistics have continued being collected.[10]
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- ^ The different uses of figures on deaths from COVID-19 published by DHSC and the ONS. Office for National Statistics, 28 April 2020.
- ^ a b Comparison of weekly death occurrences in England and Wales. Office for National Statistics, 21 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Can we trust the Covid-19 death toll?". Channel 4 News, 15 April 2020.
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- ^ "Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 1 January 2021". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ Leach, Anna. "Are UK coronavirus cases actually going down or are they just harder to count?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
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