May 25, 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 59 deaths since yesterday, bringing the total to 25,750.

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 59 deaths in hospitals in England.

See: https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/covid-19-death-data-in-england-update-25th-may/

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

• 18th May: 122 deaths
• 11th May: 209 deaths
• 4th May: 204 deaths
• 27th of April: 329 deaths.
• 20th April: 429 deaths
• 13th April: 667 deaths

“There were 12 (9.2%) Hospital Trusts¹ with no deaths reported in the last 7 days, and 41 (31.3%) reported no deaths in the last 48 hours.”

¹ The sample includes 131 Type 1 A&E departments that are consultant-led 24-hour service with full resuscitation facilities and designated accommodation for the reception of accident and emergency patients.

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

All our previous output on this subject can be seen at this weblink:

www.sciencemediacentre.org/tag/covid-19

Declared interests

None received.