Death: Coronavirus

(asked on 3rd November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) NHS employees, and (2) social care workers, have died as a result of COVID-19.


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Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 4th February 2021

The Office for National Statistics publish mortality data for deaths involving COVID-19 for healthcare workers and social care workers in England and Wales. The last iteration of this release showed that in England there were 305 deaths involving COVID-19 among healthcare workers; and 307 deaths involving COVID-19 among social care workers registered between 9 March and 12 October 2020 in England, of those aged 20-64 years, using last known occupation. The definition of healthcare workers used will include not only those employed in the National Health Service but wider healthcare sector workers

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