Care Homes: Coronavirus

(asked on 25th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many care home residents in England died from COVID-19 related symptoms in each week from 1 April to 1 September.


Answered by
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Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 2nd February 2021

The following table shows the number of deaths of care home residents occurring in care homes in England, by date of death registration in each week between 1 April to 1 September 2020.

Week ending

Total number of deaths

3 April 2020

187

10 April 2020

768

17 April 2020

1,929

24 April 2020

2,669

1 May 2020

2,329

8 May 2020

1,590

15 May 2020

1,592

22 May 2020

1,046

29 May 2020

670

5 June 2020

536

12 June 2020

360

19 June 2020

242

26 June 2020

181

3 July 2020

163

10 July 2020

89

17 July 2020

91

24 July 2020

67

31 July 2020

44

7 August 2020

29

14 August 2020

39

21 August 2020

39

28 August 2020

23

4 September 2020

17

Source: Office of National Statistics, Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales

Notes:

  1. This data covers deaths of care home residents occurring in care homes in England only and will not cover those who died in other locations such as hospital.
  2. The dates refer to the date of death registration. There can be a delay between date that a death occurred and the date it was registered.
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