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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 May;27(5):1468-1471.
doi: 10.3201/eid2705.203524.
Epidemiology of Confirmed COVID-19 Deaths in Adults, England, March-December 2020
Alison E Brown, Ellen Heinsbroek, Meaghan M Kall, Hester Allen, Kazim Beebeejaun, Paula Blomquist, Ines Campos-Matos, Colin N J Campbell, Hamish Mohammed, Katy Sinka, Theresa Lamagni, Nicholas Phin, PHE COVID-19 Mortality Working Group,1; Gavin Dabrera
Abstract
Of the 58,186 coronavirus deaths among adults in England during March-December 2020, 77% occurred in hospitals, 93% were in patients >60 years, and 91% occurred within 28 days of positive specimen. Cumulative mortality rates were highest among persons of Black, Asian, other, or mixed ethnicities and in socioeconomically deprived areas.
Keywords: COVID-19; England; SARS-CoV-2; United Kingdom; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 May;27(5):1468-1471.
doi: 10.3201/eid2705.203524.
Epidemiology of Confirmed COVID-19 Deaths in Adults, England, March-December 2020
Alison E Brown, Ellen Heinsbroek, Meaghan M Kall, Hester Allen, Kazim Beebeejaun, Paula Blomquist, Ines Campos-Matos, Colin N J Campbell, Hamish Mohammed, Katy Sinka, Theresa Lamagni, Nicholas Phin, PHE COVID-19 Mortality Working Group,1; Gavin Dabrera
- PMID: 33900176
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2705.203524
Abstract
Of the 58,186 coronavirus deaths among adults in England during March-December 2020, 77% occurred in hospitals, 93% were in patients >60 years, and 91% occurred within 28 days of positive specimen. Cumulative mortality rates were highest among persons of Black, Asian, other, or mixed ethnicities and in socioeconomically deprived areas.
Keywords: COVID-19; England; SARS-CoV-2; United Kingdom; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.