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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 Empey,</p><p>As
National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding
to your Parliamentary Question asking how many COVID-19 related deaths in the UK resulted
from a secondary bacterial infection leading to sepsis <strong>(HL3127)</strong>.</p><p>The
Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing weekly numbers
of deaths registered in England and Wales. The most recent figures published are for
deaths registered in 2018[1], however, we do publish provisional weekly deaths registrations
which are currently published for deaths registered up to 10 April 2020[2]. National
Records Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)
are responsible for publishing the number of deaths registered in Scotland and Northern
Ireland respectively.</p><p>Cause of death is defined using the International Classification
of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th edition (ICD-10). Deaths involving COVID-19
are identified by the ICD-10 codes U07.1 and U07.2 and deaths involving sepsis are
identified by the ICD-10 codes A40 and A41. Sepsis is likely to be caused by a bacterial
infection, therefore we have assumed that all deaths involving sepsis would involve
a bacterial infection and have therefore not searched for this separately.</p><p>Table
1 below shows the number of deaths occurring in March 2020 and registered by 10 April
2020 where the death involved both COVID-19 and sepsis, where COVID-19 caused the
sepsis. The data covers deaths registered in Great Britain, as data for Northern Ireland
is not yet fully coded.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p><strong>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</strong></p><p><strong>Table
1: </strong>Number of deaths occurring in March 2020 involving COVID-19 and sepsis,
where COVID-19 caused the sepsis, Great Britain[3][4]</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Geography</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
of deaths</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Source: <em>Office for National Statistics, </em><em>National Records Scotland</em></p><p>[1]<a
href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsregisteredinenglandandwalesseriesdrreferencetables"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsregisteredinenglandandwalesseriesdrreferencetables</a></p><p>[2]<a
href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending10april2020"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending10april2020</a></p><p>[3]Cause
of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision
(ICD-10) codes U07.1, U07.2, A40 and A41.</p><p>[4]Figures are based on deaths occurring
in March 2020, registered up until 10 April 2020</p><p> </p>
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