FOI reference: FOI-2024-2335
You asked
I wondered whether it would be possible to find out whether there had been any COVID-19 related deaths in the town of Sidmouth, Devon between 1 January 2020 & 10 April 2020.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We do not hold the number of deaths involving COVID-19 by specific towns in England and Wales. To produce statistics at different geographical levels we link the death registration data to the National Statistics Postcode Lookup using the postcode of residence of the deceased. This provides us with options to break the statistic down by various geographies such as region and local authority but unfortunately not by town.
However, we can tell you that for the postcode district EX10 that covers the town of Sidmouth, there were 6 deaths involving COVID-19 that occurred between January 1 and April 10, 2020, to people usually resident in that postcode district.
For further information, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk.