More than 1,000 coronavirus-related care home deaths registered – ONS

More than 1,000 coronavirus-related nursing home deaths were registered by April 10, according to official figures, up from 217 the previous week.

There were 1,662 out-of-hospital deaths from coronavirus infections registered in England and Wales up to April 10, according to the Office for National Statistics’ latest weekly figures.

The corresponding figure for deaths in hospitals during this period is 8,673.

Of the out-of-hospital deaths, 1,043 occurred in nursing homes, 466 in private homes, 87 in hospices, 21 in other communal facilities, and 45 elsewhere.

The ONS said the figure was based on where coronavirus infection was listed on the death certificate, including in combination with other health conditions.

A total of 406 coronavirus deaths had been registered in England and Wales up to April 3, with deaths occurring out of hospital, accounting for around 10% of the total, according to provisional ONS figures. do.

Of these, 217 were registered in care homes, 33 in hospices, 136 in private homes, 3 in other communal facilities, and 17 in other facilities.

According to this week’s figures, the proportion of out-of-hospital deaths rose to 16%, with 83.9% (8,673 deaths) occurring in hospitals.

The ONS figures also show that by April 10, there were 10,260 deaths in England’s hospitals due to coronavirus infections, compared to 10,260 deaths in UK hospitals in the same period, as reported by NHS England. It also shows that the number of deaths was 12,516 (registered until April 18th).

The ONS total is 22% higher than the total published by NHS England.

This is because the ONS figures include all references to COVID-19 on death certificates, including suspected COVID-19 as well as deaths in the community. It is.

NHS figures only include deaths in hospitals where patients were tested for coronavirus.

Overall, there had been 13,121 coronavirus-related deaths in England and Wales up to April 10th, with 13,121 deaths registered up to April 18th.

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This is 41% more than the 9,288 people who died in UK hospitals during the same period, as reported by the Department of Health.

Of the deaths registered in the week ending April 10, 6,213 referred to ‘Covid-19’, which is around one-third (33.6%) of all deaths. corresponds to

This is up from 3,475 people (21.2% of all deaths) last week.

The ONS said the number of deaths in care homes overall has doubled in four weeks due to a sharp rise in the number of coronavirus-related deaths in care homes.

In the week to April 10, after the first coronavirus death was registered, the number of deaths in care homes doubled, from 2,471 to 4,927.

Over the same period, deaths in hospitals increased by 72.4% (from 4,975 to 8,578) and deaths in private homes increased by 51.1% (from 2,725 to 4,117).

Overall, deaths in care homes accounted for more than a quarter (26.6%) of all deaths registered in the week ending April 10.

From April 28, the ONS will publish the number of deaths due to coronavirus in care homes, based on the number of deaths reported by care home operators to the Care Quality Commission (CQC).