Thread by @ONS, Our data shows that of all deaths in England and Wales that [...]

Our data shows that of all deaths in England and Wales that occurred up to 3 April (registered up to 11 April), 6,235 involved COVID-19 compared with the 4,093 deaths reported on 4 April 2020 by @DHSCgovuk http://ow.ly/4kHD50zdo9L

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There is a difference in the numbers as we include all deaths where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate even if only suspected, and we include deaths that happened in hospital and in the community.

Our blog post explains this is in more detail http://ow.ly/PLVy30qxG4D

Counting deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19)

Knowing the exact number of people whose death involved coronavirus (COVID-19) is of great importance, but it’s not a simple question. Sarah Caul introduces the provisional new figures published on

http://ow.ly/PLVy30qxG4D

For deaths that occurred up to 3 April (registered by 11 April), there were 5,979 deaths in England involving COVID-19 compared with 5,186 deaths reported by @NHSEngland for the same period in their reconciled figures http://ow.ly/CfIS30qxG8c

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