• In the week ending 19 November 2021 (Week 46), 12,103 deaths were registered in England and Wales; this was 53 more deaths than the previous week (Week 45) and 16.9% above the five-year average (1,753 more deaths).
• The number of deaths registered in England in the week ending 19 November 2021 (Week 46) was 11,302; this was 3 fewer deaths than the previous week (Week 45) and 17.0% above the five-year average (1,640 more deaths).
• The number of deaths registered in Wales in the week ending 19 November 2021 (Week 46) was 777; this was 52 more than the previous week (Week 45) and 18.1% above the five-year average (119 more deaths).
• Of the deaths registered in Week 46 in England and Wales, 952 mentioned “novel coronavirus (COVID-19)”, accounting for 7.9% of all deaths; this was a decrease in the number of deaths compared with Week 45 (1,020 deaths, 8.5% of all deaths).
• The number of deaths involving COVID-19 in England decreased to 865 in Week 46, compared with 943 in Week 45; for Wales, deaths involving COVID-19 increased to 84 in Week 46, compared with 75 in Week 45.
• 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 19 November 2021 was 1,131,476 in England and Wales; of these, 1,060,342 were recorded in England and 69,552 were recorded in Wales.
• From the week ending 13 March 2020 to the week ending 19 November 2021, the number of excess deaths above the five-year average in England and Wales was 127,656; of these, 122,372 were recorded in England and 6,515 were recorded in Wales.
• In Week 46 in England and Wales, the number of deaths was above the five-year average in private homes (38.6% above, 951 excess deaths), hospitals (12.5% above, 598 excess deaths), care homes (7.5% above, 173 excess deaths) and in other settings (3.1% above, 25 excess deaths).
• The number of deaths registered in the UK in the week ending 19 November 2021 was 13,743, which was 1,935 more than the five-year average; of the deaths registered in the UK in Week 46, 1,088 involved COVID-19, which was 110 fewer than in Week 45.

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).

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For mortality data for other UK countries please see statistics on deaths in Scotland and statistics on deaths in Northern Ireland.