Coronavirus (COVID-19) Deaths
A discontinued weekly summary of London-focused data on deaths related to COVID-19, compiled from NHS England Daily Deaths figures and Office for National Statistics weekly deaths-by-local-authority statistics. It covered hospital deaths of patients who had tested positive and deaths where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, with notes on differences in definition, timing and completeness between sources. The page stopped updating after NHS England data to 27 June 2022 and ONS data to 5 August 2022, and was retired on 11 May 2023, with ongoing figures directed to the COVID-19 dashboard, ONS, and UKHSA.Due to changes in the collection and availability of data on COVID-19 this page will no longer be updated. The webpage will no longer be available as of 11 May 2023. On-going, reliable sources of data for COVID-19 are available via the COVID-19 dashboard, Office for National Statistics, and the UKHSA This page provides a weekly summary of data on deaths related to COVID-19 published by NHS England and the Office for National Statistics. More frequent reporting on COVID-19 deaths is now available here , alongside data on cases, hospitalisations, and vaccinations. This update contains data on deaths related to COVID-19 from: NHS England COVID-19 Daily Deaths - last updated on 28 June 2022 with data up to and including 27 June 2022. ONS weekly deaths by Local Authority - last updated on 16 August 2022 with data up to and including 05 August 2022. Summary notes about each these sources are provided at the end of this document. Note on interpreting deaths data: statistics from the available sources differ in definition, timing and completeness. It is important to understand these differences when interpreting the data or comparing between sources. Weekly Key Points An additional 24 deaths in London hospitals of patients who had tested positive for COVID-19 and an additional 5 where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate were announced in the week ending 27 June 2.
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Data schema (4 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| area_nameArea name | text | Name of the geographic area covered by the record.Name of the geographic area covered by the record. |
| date | date | Date the death count was recorded or reported.Date the death count was recorded or reported. |
| cause_of_deathCause of death | text | Whether the death was attributed to COVID-19 or not.Whether the death was attributed to COVID-19 or not. |
| deaths | int | Number of deaths recorded for the given area, date and cause.Number of deaths recorded for the given area, date and cause. |
Schema inferred from the distribution file's first records 22 days ago. Column types are sampled estimates, not source-declared.
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Sample data (5 records)
| area_name | date | cause_of_death | deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | 2022-01-01 | COVID 19 | 0 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 2022-01-01 | Non COVID 19 | 0 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 2022-01-02 | COVID 19 | 0 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 2022-01-02 | Non COVID 19 | 0 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 2022-01-03 | COVID 19 | 0 |
Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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Using the API
Query examples
curl -sL 'https://data.london.gov.uk/download/2l19x/d5b73e41-0df8-4379-b460-9b92b7b80cbb/ons_deaths_cqc_by_la.csv' -o data.csvFull csv file download — the schema shown was inferred from the file's first records.
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ons_deaths_cqc_by_la.csv
https://data.london.gov.uk/download/2l19x/d5b73e41-0df8-4379-b460-9b92b7b80cbb/ons_deaths_cqc_by_la.csv74 KB