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The grim number of deaths from coronavirus could be 15 percent higher than reported, with nearly 800 hidden deaths revealed outside the hospital in England.
New official figures show that 21% of all deaths in England and Wales until April 3 were caused by the killer bug.
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And in England through April 3, but registered through April 11, 5,979 mentioned coronaviruses on the death certificate, compared to 5,186 hospital deaths in the same period.
That means that 793 more people in the country have died outside the hospital as a result of the coronavirus, 15% more than the current estimate.
Today’s key findings:
- More people died in the UK in the week until April 3 than any other week since the records began
- More than one in five of those deaths was due to the coronavirus.
- Almost half of the deaths in London that week were from Covid-19
- One out of every ten coronavirus deaths recorded until April 3 was out of hospital
- Almost two thirds of these were in residences or hospices.
- The number of deaths from coronavirus in England increased by 15% when deaths outside the hospital were included
- If that trend continues, yesterday’s death toll in the UK would rise from 11,329 to over 13,000.
Nick Stripe, head of health analysis and life events at ONS, who compiled the figures, said: “Looking at the data for England, this is 15 percent higher than the NHS numbers as they include all the mentions of COVID-19 on the death certificate, including the alleged COVID-19, as well as deaths in the community.
“The 16,387 deaths recorded in England and Wales in the week ending April 3 is the highest weekly total since we began collecting weekly death data in 2005.”
The ONS collects figures mentioning Covid-19 or Covid-19 suspect anywhere on the death certificate, even in combination with other health conditions.
Covid-19 was a factor in 21 percent of all deaths in England and Wales in the week leading up to April 3, but it was recorded as of April 11, a total of 6,235.
A total of 16,387 deaths were recorded in both countries in that time period: an increase of 5,246 deaths recorded the previous week and 6,082 more than the five-year average.
They found 406 deaths occurred outside the hospital as of April 3, 10 percent of the total number of deaths.
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The equivalent figure for hospital deaths during the same time 3,716.
Of these, 217 took place in nursing homes, amid growing concerns that the elderly are not being protected.
Another 33 died in hospices, 136 in private homes, three in other communal establishments and 17 elsewhere.
In London, almost half of the deaths (46.6 percent) as of April 3 involved coronavirus.
Covid-19 hotspot West Midlands was the second highest with 22.1 percent, followed by North West England with 19.6 percent.
South East England had 17.7 percent of all deaths mentioning the coronavirus, while South West was the lowest at 10.2 percent.
The figures also reveal that more men die from the disease than women.
There were no deaths from error in anyone under the age of 15 until April 3, while the highest number of deaths, 1,231, occurred in people ages 75 to 84.
The latest ONS figures also do not include Northern Ireland and Scotland, so the actual number for the UK will be higher.
They analyze hidden deaths in which Covid-19 is mentioned as a possible cause of death, but the victim has not necessarily tested positive for the disease.
Furthermore, most coronavirus deaths in Britain’s current total of 11,329 have occurred in the past two weeks as the pandemic accelerates, meaning that next week’s numbers could increase further.
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It occurs when deaths from coronavirus in nursing homes increased tenfold in a week, and a former minister warned that vulnerable residents have been “abandoned as lambs to the slaughterhouse.”
Former pension minister Baroness Altmann, who has long campaigned for the dignity of older people, also said that the crisis showed how some of society’s most vulnerable were being treated unfairly.
And more than 300 residents have died of suspected coronavirus at one of the UK’s largest nursing home companies, one of their bosses said today.
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Sir David Behan, CEO of HC One, says that 232, or about two-thirds, of the firm’s houses have Covid-19 outbreaks, with 2,447 confirmed or suspected cases.
The warning came when 13 residents emerged who had died in a home in Stanley, Co Durham, and the death toll in national care homes may have already exceeded 1,000.
It occurs when the blockade is scheduled to extend for at least three more weeks for fear that the peak of the pandemic is still missing days.
Alternate Prime Minister Dominic Raab will announce Thursday that the country’s restrictions will remain in effect until at least May 7.
He announced yesterday that the UK “had not yet surpassed the peak of this virus” as it warned of a “long way to go” in the battle against Covid-19.
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Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Valance also prepared the nation for a “difficult” week of death figures before they expect the death rate to begin to decline.
But he said the plateau in coronavirus deaths is likely to last two to three weeks before we see a drop.
He said: “We are tracking behind Italy. This week we will see a further increase thereafter we should see a plateau.”
“That may take a while before we see a decline. That is what we would expect to see.”
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Sir Patrick also said that the expected decline in the death rate would be gradual and could take place over “two to three weeks”.
He said: “With the deaths, not only is there a delay, but we would expect it to be a much more gradual decrease if you look at other countries.”
“That is what we would expect to continue for two to three weeks, but we cannot be absolutely sure.”
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