Coronavirus numbers in London

In the 24-hour period ending 5pm Wednesday 29 April, it was announced that a further 86 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were confirmed to have died in hospitals in the Greater London area, and a further 7 people where COVID-19 is documented as a direct or underlying cause of death.

As of 28 April, this number now includes deaths where there 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 4,994.  

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
23 April 461 126
24 April 595 116
25 April 272 64
26 April 242 87
27 April 458 88
28 April 355 120
29 April 331 93


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 and the hospitals providing the data are under significant operational pressure. This means that the totals reported at 5pm on each day may not include all deaths that occurred on that day or on recent prior days.

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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