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. 2020 Oct 7;371:m3588. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m3588

Table 3.

Predicted total number of UK-wide deaths (in 000s) from coronavirus disease 2019 for different intervention scenarios and different triggers for the interventions based on ICU admissions during the coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic

Trigger* Time PC CI CI_HQ CI_HQ_SD CI_SD CI_HQ_SDOL70 PC_CI_HQ_SDOL70
0.1 1st wave 418 354 252 21† 39 177 75
0.1 Total 496 416 355 440 402 262† 357
0.3 1st wave 456 378 281 32† 58 200 104
0.3 Total 495 416 355 437 390 261† 356
1 1st wave 479 398 310 48† 86 223 139
1 Total 494 416 355 428 370 261† 351
3 1st wave 490 407 325 70† 114 237 172
3 Total 495 416 355 411 347 262† 342

PC=place closures; CI=case isolation; HQ=household quarantine; SD=social distancing; SDOL70=social distancing of over 70s only.

*

For each trigger value of cumulative ICU cases (000s), the total deaths across the full simulation and during the first wave are shown.

Optimal strategies for minimising short term and long term deaths.