Deaths from COVID-19 only in the UK this year

Release date:
24 November 2020

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​Please provide the number of deaths from COVID-19 only in the UK this year.

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We are responsible for the production of Mortality data for England and Wales, this is driven by information collected from the death certificate at death registration. National Records Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. They can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk respectively.

Total figures for COVID-19 deaths with no underlying health conditions from March to June 2020 are available on Table 5 of the following publication: Deaths involving COVID-19 in England and Wales. This means where no other underlying condition was listed on the death certificate.

  • No pre-existing condition: England and Wales - 4476
  • No pre-existing condition: England - 4169
  • No pre-existing condition: Wales - 294

Unfortunately, we do not currently undertake analysis on COVID-19 deaths with details around the death, such as no pre-existing conditions. This is due to the decrease in the number of COVID-19 related deaths. Whilst the number of infections appear to be rising, granular analysis of COVID-19 deaths from July onwards pose a disclosure risk, making it possible to identify individual records.

We will certainly look to publish this data again should there be a significant rise in deaths. We are constantly reassessing this to see how we can continue to publish analysis to inform users.

We use the term "due to COVID-19" when referring only to deaths where that illness was recorded as the underlying cause of death. This information can be found on a weekly basis in Figure 2 of our Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional publication, which is updated every Tuesday.

Week no.Deaths due to COVID-19
Week 1 -
Week 2 -
Week 3 -
Week 4 -
Week 5 -
Week 6 -
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
Week 10 -
Week 11 5
Week 12 95
Week 13 519
Week 14 3,332
Week 15 5,983
Week 16 8,435
Week 17 7,867
Week 18 5,689
Week 19 3,664
Week 20 3,511
Week 21 2,341
Week 22 1,628
Week 23 1,392
Week 24 948
Week 25 629
Week 26 498
Week 27 408
Week 28 291
Week 29 228
Week 30 161
Week 31 148
Week 32 115
Week 33 104
Week 34 98
Week 35 76
Week 36 69
Week 37 78
Week 38 118
Week 39 178
Week 40 279
Week 41 385
Week 42 590
Week 43 874
Week 44 1,196
Week 45 1,743

Download this table

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If you would like to discuss these statistics further, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk.

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