Deaths from COVID-19 with no other underlying health conditions

Release date:
23 December 2020

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​Since Jan 2020 to date 21 November 2020, how many people have died from COVID-19 only.

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Within our Deaths Registered Weekly publication, we publish deaths where COVID-19 is the underlying cause of death and where COVID-19 has been mentioned on the death Certificate.  We use the term 'Due to COVID-19' when referring to deaths where COVID-19 was recorded as the underlying cause of death. We use the term 'involving COVID-19' when referring to deaths that had the illness mentioned anywhere on the death certificate, whether as an underlying cause or not.

Deaths involving and due to COVID-19, England and Wales, deaths registered in 2020

Week no.Deaths involving COVID-19Deaths 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 5
Week 12 103 95
Week 13 539 519
Week 14 3,475 3,332
Week 15 6,213 5,983
Week 16 8,758 8,435
Week 17 8,237 7,867
Week 18 6,035 5,689
Week 19 3,930 3,664
Week 20 3,810 3,511
Week 21 2,589 2,341
Week 22 1,822 1,628
Week 23 1,588 1,392
Week 24 1,114 948
Week 25 783 629
Week 26 606 498
Week 27 532 408
Week 28 366 291
Week 29 295 228
Week 30 217 161
Week 31 193 148
Week 32 152 115
Week 33 139 104
Week 34 138 98
Week 35 101 76
Week 36 78 69
Week 37 99 78
Week 38 139 118
Week 39 215 178
Week 40 321 279
Week 41 438 385
Week 42 670 590
Week 43 978 874
Week 44 1,379 1,196
Week 45 1,937 1,743
Week 46 2,466 2,170
Week 47 2,697 2,361
Week 48 3,040 2,637
Week 49 2,835 2,469

Source: Office for National Statistics – Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales

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Deaths involving a pre-existing condition can be found in the following dataset: Deaths involving COVID-19, England and Wales. This publication states that, between March and June 2020, there were 4,476 deaths involving COVID-19 where there are no pre-existing conditions. The following table provides deaths from COVID-19 with no pre-existing conditions broken down by age brackets.  

Table 6a: Number of deaths involving COVID-19 by main pre-existing condition, sex and age, England and Wales, deaths occurring between March and June 2020

CountrySexAgeMain pre-existing conditionNumber of deaths
England and WalesPersons0-44No pre-existing condition101
England and WalesPersons45-49No pre-existing condition91
England and WalesPersons50-54No pre-existing condition123
England and WalesPersons55-59No pre-existing condition227
England and WalesPersons60-64No pre-existing condition230
England and WalesPersons65-69No pre-existing condition293
England and WalesPersons70-74No pre-existing condition407
England and WalesPersons75-79No pre-existing condition519
England and WalesPersons80-84No pre-existing condition699
England and WalesPersons85-89No pre-existing condition802
England and WalesPersons90+No pre-existing condition984

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The latest data available is up to June 2020, as this publication has been now been paused. Therefore, in order to provide this information for the months July to November, we would need to create bespoke analysis. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Public Authorities are not obligated to create information in order to respond to requests. We therefore consider this to be information not held.

Should you have any questions about the data provided, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk.

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