May 24, 2020

expert reaction to latest figures on deaths in hospitals in England involving COVID-19

NHS England have published the latest figure for reported deaths in hospitals in England from COVID-19 – an additional 147 deaths since yesterday, bringing the total to 25,691.

Prof Carl Heneghan and Dr Jason Oke, Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine and Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, said:

“Today’s reported figure is 147 deaths in hospitals in England: 104 (71%) of these deaths were in the last week.

https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/covid-19-death-data-in-england-update-24th-may/

For comparison: the reported deaths in hospitals in England on the same weekday were:

• 17th May:  90 deaths
• 10th May: 178 Deaths
• 3rd May: 327 deaths
• 26th of April:  336 deaths
• 19th April:  482 deaths

“There were 12 (9.2%) Hospital Trusts* with no deaths reported in the last 7 days, and 41 (31.3%) reported no deaths in the last 48 hours.”

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-daily-deaths/

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