
Includes the most up-to-date figures available for deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19).ĭeath registrations and occurrences by local authority and health board Provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales, by age, sex and region, in the latest weeks for which data are available. Figure 1: Total deaths from all causes were above the five-year average in WNumber of deaths registered by week, England and Wales, 28 December 2019 to ĭeaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional Figure 1 shows the number of deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19) and not involving COVID-19. The number of deaths from all causes was above the five-year average in England and Wales in the week ending (Week 21).

Percentage change compared to 5-year average (2017 to 20, 2022) Table 1: Deaths registered in England and Wales, week ending 26 May (Week 21 2023) Week 21 2023Įngland and Wales (including non-residents)

The number of deaths registered in the UK in the week ending (Week 21) was 12,528, which was 9.4% above the five-year average (1,076 excess deaths) of these deaths, 282 involved COVID-19.įor more information on different measures of excess death and our current work around excess mortality, please read our blog post, How do we measure expected and excess deaths?. The number of deaths was above the five-year average in private homes (17.3% above, 472 excess deaths), hospitals (6.3% above, 282 excess deaths), care homes (6.7% above, 137 excess deaths) and other settings (15.8% above, 130 excess deaths). Of the 262 deaths involving COVID-19 in Week 21, 64.5% (169 deaths) had this recorded as the underlying cause of death, which was a greater proportion when compared with Week 20 (63.4%). This is a decrease in all deaths compared with the week ending (Week 20), when the number of all-cause deaths registered was 11,654 COVID-19 accounted for 322 of these deaths (2.8%). In the week ending (Week 21), 11,111 deaths were registered in England and Wales 262 of these deaths mentioned novel coronavirus (COVID-19), accounting for 2.4% of all deaths.
