Coronavirus COVID-19 causes the highest UK death total in 2020 compared to previous years. True or False?
With all the Coronavirus media coverage, it would be expected for the death rate to be visibly higher in 2020 than previous years. The first Covid-19 virus cases appeared in the UK in January 2020.
The table below lists the Office for National Statistics (ONS) death figures in United Kingdom. The table will be updated every month, after the
Release date given below.
Deaths registered Monthly in United Kingdom
| |
BEFORE COVID |
AFTER COVID |
| |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2015-19
5-YR AVG. |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
| JAN |
60,891 |
47,457 |
57,368 |
64,154 |
53,910 |
56,756 |
56,704 |
73,302 |
53,158 |
| FEB |
46,721 |
46,021 |
47,766 |
49,177 |
45,796 |
47,096 |
43,650 |
58,756 |
45,869 |
| MAR |
47,895 |
48,665 |
48,664 |
51,229 |
43,946 |
48,080 |
49,723 |
48,615 |
49.489 |
| APR |
45,178 |
46,856 |
39,101 |
46,469 |
44,123 |
44,345 |
88,141 |
41,508 |
45,919 |
| MAY |
39,343 |
41,384 |
44,279 |
42,784 |
44,388 |
42,436 |
52,363 |
37,866 |
48,611 |
| JUN |
42,082 |
42,012 |
42,175 |
39,767 |
38,606 |
40,928 |
42,614 |
41,289 |
44,285 |
| JUL |
40,512 |
38,983 |
38,425 |
40,723 |
42,305 |
40,190 |
40,778 |
43,380 |
44,790 |
| AUG |
36,199 |
40,786 |
41,074 |
40,192 |
38,843 |
39,419 |
37,184 |
43,141 |
47,420 |
| SEP |
41,573 |
40,367 |
40,095 |
37,137 |
40,012 |
39,837 |
42,494 |
47,514 |
|
| OCT |
42,232 |
40,448 |
43,597 |
44,440 |
46,240 |
43,391 |
46,282 |
46.507 |
|
| NOV |
41,520 |
46,514 |
45,580 |
43,978 |
45,219 |
44,562 |
51,317 |
51,597 |
|
| DEC |
45,509 |
45,555 |
45,129 |
41,539 |
47,469 |
45,040 |
56,672 |
52,859 |
|
| TOTAL |
529,655 |
525,048 |
533,253 |
541,589 |
530,857 |
532,080 |
607,922 |
586,334 |
|
SUMMARY
ONS data registers 1,643 more deaths in UK for the month of March 2020, compared to the 5-year average.
SOURCE
Office for National Statistics (ONS):
Deaths registered monthly in England and Wales
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Updated:
20 Oct 2022 |
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