Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Coronavirus update from the Welsh Government

Latest coronavirus update from the Welsh Government (dated yesterday) is: 

Coronavirus in numbers

  • The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today published statistics on provisional weekly deaths, including deaths involving Covid-19, for the week ending 15 January 2021.
    • The cumulative number of deaths involving Covid-19 occurring in Welsh residents was 6,074.
    • Of the deaths registered in the week ending 15 January, there were provisionally 467 deaths involving Covid-19. This was the highest number of deaths involving Covid registered in a week since the pandemic began.
    • For the period 29 February 2020 to 15 January 2021, there were a total of 4,865 excess deaths (17%) above the five-year average.
    • The excess death rate for Wales for the period 29 February 2020 to 15 January 2021 was lower than in England.
    • The numbers reported by ONS are different from those reported by Public Health Wales because of different reporting methods and timing. The ONS figures are higher because they include some extra cases.
    • https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest 

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