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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 Naseby,</p><p>
</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority,
I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking how many deaths in England had
COVID-19 listed as the primary cause of death on the death certificate in 2020 in
the months of (1) March, (2) April, (3) May, (4) June, (5) July, (6) August, and (7)
September (HL9433).</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes statistics
on deaths in England and Wales and produces a weekly report[1] on provisional numbers
of deaths involving COVID-19. Mortality statistics are compiled from information supplied
when deaths are certified and registered as part of civil registration. National Records
for Scotland[2] and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency[3] are responsible
for publishing statistics on deaths registered in Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively.</p><p>Table
1 provides the number of deaths registered with COVID-19 as the underlying cause of
death between 1 March 2020 and 30 September 2020, in England, by month.</p><p> </p><p>Yours
sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1:
Number of deaths registered where COVID-19 was the underlying cause of death, 1 March
2020 to 30 September 2020, England, by month[4][5][6][7]</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Number
of deaths</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>1,568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>28,013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>11,404</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>3,442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>1,008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>363</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>572</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Source: ONS</p><p> </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]<a
href="https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/</a></p><p>[3]<a
href="https://www.nisra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nisra.gov.uk/</a></p><p>[4]Figures
include deaths of non-residents.</p><p>[5]Based on date a death was registered rather
than occurred.</p><p>[6]All figures for 2020 are provisional.</p><p>[7]The International
Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition (ICD-10) definitions are as follows: coronavirus
(COVID-19) (U07.1 and U07.2).</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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