Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many deaths recorded within 28 days of positive covid-19 test occurred on each day from (a) 1 August 2020 to 13 September 2020 and (b) on the corresponding days in 2021.
The information requested is shown in the following table.
Date of Death | 2020 | 2021 |
1 August | 9 | 73 |
2 August | 8 | 65 |
3 August | 14 | 66 |
4 August | 10 | 70 |
5 August | 3 | 85 |
6 August | 9 | 79 |
7 August | 7 | 85 |
8 August | 11 | 65 |
9 August | 8 | 68 |
10 August | 11 | 68 |
11 August | 10 | 79 |
12 August | 6 | 91 |
13 August | 7 | 86 |
14 August | 6 | 79 |
15 August | 11 | 70 |
16 August | 4 | 69 |
17 August | 12 | 93 |
18 August | 7 | 78 |
19 August | 2 | 91 |
20 August | 8 | 101 |
21 August | 7 | 87 |
22 August | 6 | 102 |
23 August | 13 | 94 |
24 August | 5 | 102 |
25 August | 11 | 86 |
26 August | 11 | 102 |
27 August | 8 | 104 |
28 August | 8 | 99 |
29 August | 5 | 103 |
30 August | 6 | 88 |
31 August | 7 | 92 |
1 September | 2 | 92 |
2 September | 8 | 100 |
3 September | 6 | 118 |
4 September | 6 | 107 |
5 September | 12 | 106 |
6 September | 8 | 113 |
7 September | 13 | 107 |
8 September | 9 | 96 |
9 September | 9 | 107* |
10 September | 12 | 74* |
11 September | 10 | 55* |
12 September | 18 | 56* |
13 September | 14 | 13* |
Source: UK Coronavirus Dashboard - Number of deaths of people who had had a positive test result for COVID-19 and died within 28 days of the first positive test. Data extracted 14 September 2021. https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths?areaType=nation%26areaName=England#card-deaths_within_28_days_of_positive_test_by_date_of_death
Note:
*As the above data is based on date of death, data for the most recent days are subject to reporting delay as death reports can take several days to be submitted to Public Health England following the death of a person.