| Theresa Haines [email protected] FOI ref: 5310
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Trust Offices Watford General Hospital Vicarage Road Watford WD18 0HB [email protected] Tel: 01923 436362 19 March 2021 |
Dear Ms Haines
Thank you for your email received on 12 January 2021, regarding our response your request.
I would request information on the number of deaths directly related to Covid-19, deaths without co-morbidities, for each of the hospitals within the Trust, from February 2020 to date.
I would also request information on the number of cases of Covid-19 admitted to Watford General Hospital in particular during the same period above.
Response: Please see information below which I hope fully answers your request.
* Please note the COVID code is added on the basis of a positive test while the patient is still an inpatient. All other diagnostic results are added up to two months after a patient has been discharged.
| Number of confirmed Covid Cases |
Inpatient Deaths |
Inpatient Deaths without Comorbidity |
Inpatient Deaths with Comorbidity |
|
| Jan | 0 | 151 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 0 | 132 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 149 | 194 | 0 | 44 |
| Apr | 300 | 342 | 1 | 289 |
| May | 237 | 127 | 0 | 80 |
| Jun | 79 | 75 | 0 | 19 |
| Jul | 50 | 75 | 0 | 11 |
| Aug | 18 | 108 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep | 27 | 115 | 0 | 4 |
| Oct | 92 | 131 | 0 | 35 |
| Nov | 208 | 135 | 0 | 56 |
| Dec* | 532 | 199 | 0 | 127 |
| Total | 1692 | 1784 | 1 | 667 |
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Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Manager