"Figure 1: London had the highest proportion of deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19) between March and May","" "Number of deaths involving and not involving the coronavirus (COVID-19), Wales and regions of England, deaths occurring between 1 March and 31 May 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Deaths occurring between 1 March 2020 and 31 May 2020 and registered by 6 June 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 (ICD-10 codes U07.1 and U07.2). 4. Figures are provisional. " "Unit","Number of deaths" "","" "Area of usual residence name","COVID-19","Non COVID-19" "South East","6511","20510" "North West","6945","17879" "London","8188","12760" "West Midlands","5314","14487" "East of England","4549","14847" "Yorkshire and The Humber","4194","13256" "South West","2718","14167" "East Midlands","3353","11128" "Wales","2257","7925" "North East","2587","6801"