CMI notes return of excess deaths in Q2

The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has found that mortality in the second quarter of 2022 was around 5% higher than in the same quarter of 2019, before the pandemic.

For the 26 weeks up until 1 July, there were 6,900 more deaths than expected from all causes in the UK in the second quarter of 2022, and 9,100 deaths in the UK with Covid-19 mentioned on the death certificate during that period.

In the first quarter there were 2,200 fewer all-cause deaths than expected despite 14,800 Covid-19 deaths.
In addition, it found there have been around 125,100 more deaths from all causes than expected in the UK from the start of the pandemic to 1 July 2022.

Cobus Daneel, chair of the CMI Mortality Projections Committee, said: “There were fewer Covid-19 deaths in the second quarter of 2022 than in the first quarter. However, non-Covid deaths were significantly below normal levels in the first quarter, before reverting to more typical levels in the second quarter.

“The overall effect is a return to excess all-cause mortality in the second quarter.”