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COVID-19 deaths 7 day totals

Last updated on Tuesday, 14 January 2025 at 10:44am

Summary

Topic
COVID-19
Category
headline
API name
COVID-19_headline_ONSdeaths_7DayTotals

Status

Active

Rationale

COVID-19 deaths are an indicator of the scale and severity of current COVID-19 infection levels in the community.

Definition

This metric shows the total number of deaths in the 7 days leading up to the date shown of people whose death certificate mentioned COVID-19 as one of the causes. Deaths are reported by date of death registration.

Methodology

Deaths where COVID-19 is mentioned as one of the causes on the death certificate are reported by the Office for National Statistics.

The deceased may or may not have had a confirmed positive test for COVID-19. People who had COVID-19 but did not have it mentioned on their death certificate as a cause of death are excluded.

Deaths are allocated to the deceased's usual area of residence.

Bank holidays can affect the number of deaths registered in a given week.

The count of reported new deaths in the last 7 days is the total of the daily deaths registered in the 7 days up to and including the most recent date with "complete" data.