May 12, 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 350 deaths since yesterday, bringing the total to 23,708.

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 350 deaths in hospitals in England.  These deaths are distributed back to the 17th of March: 257 (73%) deaths were in the last week, and 93 (27%) occurred more than 7 days ago.

See: https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/covid-19-death-data-in-england-update-12th-may/

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

• 5th May: 366 deaths
• 28th April: 546 deaths.
• 21st April: 778 deaths
• 14th April: 744 deaths

Today, 31 (8.9%) deaths are reported with no positive COVID-19 test result.”

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

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