The following interactive map allows you to see the cumulative number of monthly deaths due to COVID-19 in each area.
Data released by ONS 18 March 2021
Office For National Statistics Notes:
The doctor certifying a death can list all causes in the chain of events that led to the death and pre-existing conditions that may have contributed to the death. Using this information, we determine an underlying cause of death. More information on this process can be found in our user guide.
In February in most cases (87.6% in England and 84.1% in Wales) where the coronavirus (COVID-19) was mentioned on the death certificate, it was found to be the underlying cause of death.
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- In February 2021, there were 55,489 deaths registered in England, 11,421 deaths (25.9%) more than the five-year average (2015 to 2019) for February; in Wales, there were 3,199 deaths registered, 260 deaths (8.9%) more than the five-year average for February.
- The coronavirus (COVID-19) was the leading cause of death in February 2021 for the fourth consecutive month in both England (accounting for 30.1% of all deaths registered in February) and in Wales (22.2% of all deaths).
- The second-leading cause of death was dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in England, and ischaemic heart diseases in Wales; COVID-19 accounted for more than three times the number of deaths than the second-leading cause in England and more than two times in Wales.
- The age-standardised mortality rate (ASMR) of deaths due to COVID-19 in February 2021 was 392.3 deaths per 100,000 people in England, the first decrease since August 2020, and 272.2 deaths per 100,000 people in Wales, the first decrease since September 2020.
- The East of England was the English region with the highest mortality rate for deaths due to COVID-19 in February 2021 (477.1 deaths per 100,000 people), followed by London (465.5 deaths per 100,000 people); the South West continued to have the lowest COVID-19 mortality rate, at 258.5 deaths per 100,000 people.
- In England, the mortality rate for deaths due to COVID-19 in February 2021 in the most deprived areas was 585.4 deaths per 100,000 people; this was 2.1 times the mortality rate in the least deprived areas (282.0 deaths per 100,000 people).
