Could you give me the number to deaths whereby Covid is the sole cause of death?

Dear Sir/Madam

I am writing to confirm that the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has now been able to consider the information requested and its disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The information requested and its response is as follows:

Please could you give me the number to deaths whereby Covid is the sole cause of death listed , there were no other pre-existing conditions or comorbidities noted on the death certificate, covering the period from March 2020 until present day. If there answer is any, are you able to provide me with the average age of the deceased?

Number of deaths: 14,  Average age:  79

Note: The above deaths are patients who solely had Covid-19 on their medical certificate of cause of death.

I would also like the number of cycles you run your PCR tests on normally as well as the number of cycles that you are running for PCR tests where the patient/recipient is known to have been vaccinated with one of the available Covid jabs.

Assays used within the laboratory run between 40 and 45 cycles.

If there is any difference in the number of cycles being used in relation to the patient’s vaccination status please could you explain why?

There is no difference in relation to patient’s vaccination status.

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