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 coronavirus (COVID-19).Edition in this dataset
Important notes and usage information
In the week ending 11 March 2022 (Week 10), 11,227 deaths were registered in England and Wales; this was 1.5% below the five-year average (173 fewer deaths).
The number of deaths registered in England in the week ending 11 March 2022 (Week 10) was 10,482; this was 1.7% below the five-year average (183 fewer deaths).
The number of deaths registered in Wales in the week ending 11 March 2022 (Week 10) was 719; this was 0.6% above the five-year average (4 more deaths).
Of the deaths registered in Week 10 in England and Wales, 671 mentioned “novel coronavirus (COVID-19)”, accounting for 6.0% of all deaths.
Of the deaths registered in Week 10 in England, 628 mentioned “novel coronavirus (COVID-19)”, accounting for 6.0% of all deaths; in Wales, 40 deaths mentioned “novel coronavirus (COVID-19)”, accounting for 5.6% of all deaths.
Of the 671 deaths involving COVID-19, 62.1% (417 deaths) had this recorded as the underlying cause of death in Week 10, compared with 65.5% in Week 9.
Using the most up-to-date data we have available, the number of deaths from the week ending 13 March 2020 to the week ending 11 March 2022 was 1,196,023 in England and Wales; of these, 1,120,924 were recorded in England and 73,503 were recorded in Wales.
From the week ending 13 March 2020 to the week ending 11 March 2022, the number of deaths involving COVID-19 in England and Wales was 170,019; of these, 159,921 were recorded in England and 9,821 were recorded in Wales.
From the week ending 13 March 2020 to the week ending 11 March 2022, the number of excess deaths above the five-year average in England and Wales was 120,571; of these, 115,797 were recorded in England and 6,104 were recorded in Wales.
In Week 10 in England and Wales, the number of deaths was above the five-year average in private homes (19.6% above, 550 excess deaths) but below the five-year average in hospitals (8.1% below, 428 fewer deaths), care homes (9.7% below, 240 fewer deaths) and other settings (6.6% below, 55 fewer deaths).
The number of deaths registered in the UK in the week ending 11 March 2022 (Week 10) was 12,772, which was 1.5% below the five-year average (188 fewer deaths); of the deaths registered in the UK in Week 10, 820 involved COVID-19, which was 5 more than in Week 9.