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<p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Pearson,</p><p>As
National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am replying
to your Parliamentary Question asking how many deaths attributed to COVID-19 have
been recorded in (1) care homes, (2) hospitals, (3) individuals' homes, and (4) other
locations<strong> (HL3277).</strong></p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS)
produces a weekly report on provisional deaths registered in England and Wales[1],
including deaths involving COVID-19. The week runs from Saturday to Friday, and data
has therefore been provided for all deaths attributed to COVID-19 up to the most recent
week available, ending 17 April. ONS mortality statistics are compiled from information
supplied when deaths are certified and registered as part of civil registration.</p><p>Table
1 below shows the number of deaths that occurred where COVID-19 was mentioned on the
death certificate up to and including 17 April 2020. We have included these figures
as they are presented in our weekly report.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p><strong>Professor
Sir Ian Diamond</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: </strong>Provisional figures
on total death registrations where coronavirus (COVID-19) was mentioned on the death
certificate in England and Wales up to 17 April 2020 by place of occurrence[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Total deaths (COVID-19)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Care
Home</strong></p></td><td><p>3,096</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hospital (acute
or community, not psychiatric)</strong></p></td><td><p>14,796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Home</strong></p></td><td><p>883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other</strong></p></td><td><p>337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>19,112</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>Source: <em>ONS</em></p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest</a></p><p>[2]Coding
of deaths by cause for the latest week is not yet complete and counts could be subject
of change.</p><p>[3]For deaths registered from 1st January 2020, cause of death is
coded to the ICD-10 classification using MUSE 5.5 software. Previous years were coded
to IRIS 4.2.3, further information about the change in software is available.</p><p>[4]These
figures represent death registrations, there can be a delay between the date a death
occurred and the date a death was registered. More information can be found in our
<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/impactofregistrationdelaysonmortalitystatisticsinenglandandwales/2018"
target="_blank">impact of registration delays release.</a></p><p>[5]An 'underlying
cause of death' refers to the main cause of death, whereas a cause being 'mentioned
on the death certificate' means that it might be the main reason or a contributory
reason to the cause of death</p><p>[6]Deaths at home are those at the usual residence
of the deceased (according to the informant)‚ where this is not a communal establishment.</p><p>[7]Care
homes includes homes for the chronic sick; nursing homes; homes for people with mental
health problems and non-NHS multi-function sites.</p><p>[8]Other includes:</p><p>Hospices:
including Sue Ryder Homes; Marie Curie Centres; oncology centres; voluntary hospice
units; and palliative care centres.</p><p>Other Communal Establishments: including
schools for people with learning disabilities; holiday homes and hotels; common lodging
houses; aged persons’ accommodation; assessment centres; schools; convents and monasteries;
nurses’ homes;</p><p>Elsewhere: including all places not covered above such as deaths
on a motorway; at the beach; climbing a mountain; walking down the street; at the
cinema; at a football match; while out shopping; or in someone else's home.</p><p>This
category also includes people who are pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.</p><p>[9]These
figures are calculated using the most up-to-date data we have available to get the
most accurate estimates.</p><p>[10]Non-residents are included in the England and Wales
total but not England and Wales separately. For this reason, counts for "England"
and "Wales" may not sum to "England and Wales".</p>
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