Coronavirus numbers in London

In the 24-hour period ending 5pm Sunday 19 April, it was announced that a further 81 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were confirmed to have died in hospitals in the Greater London area. 

This brought the total number of reported deaths in London hospitals of patients who tested positive for COVID-19 to 3,906.  

These data are published by NHS England and updated daily with the deaths from the most recently completed reporting period.

Announced deaths by reporting period ending 5pm

deaths announced by reporting period

  England London
13 April 538 206
14 April 498 153
15 April 587 153
16 April 593 145
17 April 563 221
18 April 400 82
19 April 348 81


Source: NHS COVID-19 Daily Deaths

Occurrences and delays in reporting

Confirmation of COVID-19 diagnosis, death notification and reporting in central figures can take up to several days. The totals reported at 5pm on each day will likely not include all deaths that occurred on that day or on recent prior days.  Additionally, these figures do not include deaths outside hospital, such as those in care homes.   

The data published by NHS England includes both date of occurrence and reporting. Deaths by date of occurrence and cumulative deaths are plotted below. Due to the delay in reporting, recent data is expected to be revised upwards in coming days. 

deaths by date of occurance

cumulative deaths in london hospitals

Source: NHS COVID-19 Daily Deaths  

Note: recent data (shaded region) is likely to change.

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