Coronavirus numbers in London

In the week ending 20 August 2020 in London hospitals, 4 people that have tested positive for COVID-19 have died. Additionally, COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificates of 4 people.

The total number of deaths in London hospitals of patients who had tested positive for COVID-19 is now 6,153. The total number of deaths in London hospitals where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate is now 232.

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

Weekly reported deaths in London hospitals

chart showing Weekly covid deaths in london hospitals

  Rest of England
(positive test)		 Rest of England
(no positive test)		 London
(positive test)		 London
(no positive test)
9 July 174 27 20 4
16 July 140 30 7 2
23 July 82 20 5 2
30 July 77 27 14 6
6 Aug 46 20 2 4
13 Aug 61 27 3 2
20 Aug 38 22 4 4

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. 

 

chart showing cumulative Weekly covid deaths in london hospitals

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 07 August, 74% of deaths in London recorded as involving COVID-19 occurred in hospitals (this compares with 42% for all causes of death).

 

deaths by location

 

Source: ONS weekly deaths by Local Authority

 

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