Dataset Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional
About this Dataset
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. Includes the most up-to-date figures available for deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19).Your download option
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The number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 3 July 2020 (Week 27) was 9,140, this was 161 deaths more than Week 26.
In Week 27, the number of deaths registered was 0.5% below the five-year average (43 deaths fewer), this is the third consecutive week that deaths have been below the five-year average; the numbers of deaths in care homes and hospitals were also fewer than the five-year average (88 and 634 deaths lower respectively), while the number of deaths in private homes was 755 higher than the five-year average.
Of the deaths registered in Week 27, 532 mentioned “novel coronavirus (COVID-19)”, the lowest number of deaths involving COVID-19 in the last 15 weeks, accounting for 5.8% of all deaths in England and Wales.
In Week 27, the proportion of deaths occurring in care homes decreased to 20.1% while deaths involving COVID-19 as a percentage of all deaths in care homes decreased to 9.2%.
Except for the East of England and London, the number of deaths involving COVID-19 continued to decrease or remained similar across all English regions, with five of the nine regions having fewer overall deaths than the five-year average in Week 27.
In Wales, the total number of deaths was above the five-year average (29 deaths more) for Week 27 while the number of deaths involving COVID-19 increased to 35 deaths registered (from 30 deaths in Week 26).
Of all deaths involving COVID-19 registered up to Week 27, 63.5% occurred in hospital, with the remainder mainly occurring in care homes (29.7%), private homes (4.6%) and hospices (1.4%).
The number of deaths registered in the UK in the week ending 3 July 2020 (Week 27) was 10,393, which was fewer than the five-year average (by 74 deaths); of the deaths registered in the UK in Week 27, 560 deaths involved COVID-19.
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This table includes 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. Includes the most up-to-date figures available for deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19).
For information on data quality, legislation and procedures relating to mortality statistics, please see our User guide to mortality statistics.
There is an interactive mapping tool which enables trends in mortality to be analysed at the local level.
For mortality data for other UK countries please see statistics on deaths in Scotland and statistics on deaths in Northern Ireland.