"Figure 3: The age-standardised mortality rate of deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19) was highest in April for all English regions and Wales","" "Age-standardised mortality rates for deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19), per 100,000 people, English regions and Wales, deaths occurring in March, April, May, June and July 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Deaths occurring between 1 March 2020 and 31 July 2020 and registered by 15 August 2020. 2. Figures exclude death of non-residents and are based on May 2020 boundaries. 3. Coronavirus (COVID-19) was the underlying cause or was mentioned on the death certificate as a contributory factor (International Classification of Diseases, tenth edition (ICD-10) codes U07.1 and U07.2). 4. Rates have been standardised using European Standard Population 2013 (ESP 2013) and are expressed per 100,000 people. 5. Rates have not been adjusted to take into account the period of interest. They use the annual population as a base and may differ from rates presented in other publications. 6. Figures are provisional." "Unit","Age-standardised rate per 100,000 population" "","" "Area of usual residence name","March","April","May","June","July" "South West","3.0","28.0","10.6","2.1","0.3" "North East","4.9","59.6","33.5","7.2","1.0" "London","27.9","94.9","16.3","3.1","1.2" "East of England","6.2","45.5","19.0","5.3","1.8" "West Midlands","11.8","59.7","22.8","6.4","1.8" "South East","6.2","44.3","18.0","5.0","2.2" "Yorkshire and The Humber","3.9","50.3","27.1","8.4","2.4" "East Midlands","5.1","44.4","22.4","8.4","2.6" "North West","6.7","65.8","27.7","9.2","2.8" "Wales","5.2","43.7","19.3","5.5","1.9"