FOI Ref: FOI/2021/3299
You asked
Please supply how many people have died in England and Wales from COVID-19 that had previously tested positive to COVID-19 greater than 1 month before death.
Sub categories should include vaccinated/unvaccinated, age range. Date range from 1 January 2021 to present day (1 December 2021).
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
Unfortunately, we do not hold the information you have requested, as the date on which someone has tested positive from COVID-19 is not recorded on the death certificate.
We report on any death where COVID-19 is mentioned on the death certificate, both confirmed COVID and suspected. This means that there doesn't need to be a positive COVID-19 test to assign the death a mention of COVID-19.
We publish provisional mortality data for 2021 in the Deaths Registered Weekly in England and Wales publication which is updated every Tuesday. The 'COVID-19 weekly registrations' tab includes the most up-to-date figures available for deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19).
With regards to deaths by vaccination status, we hold the following analysis Deaths involving COVID-19 by vaccination status, England: deaths occurring between 2 January and 24 September 2021 . This dataset relies on complex linkages of data from several sources, included vaccination data supplied to us by NHS Digital and Test and Trace data provided by DHSC.
Table 1 shows a count of deaths involving COVID-19 and percentage of all deaths by vaccination status, England, deaths occurring between 2 January and 24 September 2021.
The data are for England only, as vaccinations data for Wales is not yet available to be linked to the mortality dataset and the Public Health Data Asset covers England only. Therefore, we consider data for Wales as information not held.
If you would like any further information regarding these statistics, please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.