You asked
I am aware of your weekly deaths data:
The data requested is the data in row 15 (Deaths registered to ICD-10, U07.1 and U07.2) but on an 'underlying' basis, not 'mentions' basis. This is as per the data in row 14.
I would also like to know on which rows/sections of the death certificate there was a mention of covid, if any, for the totals presented each week in the row 14 data. For example, for the 2,100 deaths in week 14, it might be that 500 did not mention covid, 1000 mentioned it in section 2 and 600 in section 1.
Please supply the data for all weeks in 2020 for which the weekly release (above) has been made at the time you respond to my request.
Can you also confirm that you will publish this data in the release in all future weeks?
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
We are responsible for publishing mortality statistics for deaths registered in England and Wales, using the information supplied on the death certificate.
Thank you for your feedback which we will take into account for future releases of our deaths registered weeks in England and Wales releases.
Some of the analysis requested is available through different releases. On 16 April 2020, we released Analysis of deaths involving COVID19, which stated that, including registrations up to 6 April, there were 3,912 deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19) that occurred in March 2020 in England and Wales; of these, 3,372 (86%) had COVID-19 assigned as the underlying cause of death. This analysis will be updated on 15 May to include deaths occurring in April.
The number of deaths involving COVID-19 by where it is mentioned on the death certificate is available to commission as a bespoke analysis. Such services would fall outside of the Freedom of Information regime and would be subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreement of costs, where appropriate.
If you would like to discuss your requirements further, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk.