Coronavirus numbers in London

In the 24-hour period ending 5pm Monday 27 April, it was announced that a further 88 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were confirmed to have died in hospitals in the Greater London area. 

As of 28 April, this now includes deaths where hasn’t been a positive test result, but COVID-19 is documented as a direct or underlying cause of death, dated back to April 24.

This brought the total number of reported deaths in London hospitals of patients who tested positive for COVID-19 to 4,781.  

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 by reporting period

  Rest of England London
20 April 646 132
21 April 492 173
22 April 425 89
23 April 461 126
24 April 595 116
25 April 272 64
26 April 242 87
27 April 458 88


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

Source: NHS COVID-19 Daily Deaths  

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

Deaths outside of hospitals

ONS have published data for deaths by place of occurrence. Up to 17 April, 79% of deaths in London recorded as involving COVID-19 occurred in hospitals (this compares with 45% for all causes of death).

 

deaths by location

 

Source: ONS weekly deaths by Local Authority

 

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