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).
In the week ending 12 May 2023 (Week 19) 10,367 deaths were registered in England and Wales; this was 2.5% above the five-year average (248 more deaths).
The number of deaths registered in England in the week ending 12 May 2023 (Week 19) was 9,729; this was 2.8% above the five-year average (265 excess deaths).
The number of deaths registered in Wales in the week ending 12 May 2023 (Week 19) was 610; this was 4.4% below the five-year average (28 fewer deaths).
Of the deaths registered in Week 19 in England and Wales, 309 mentioned novel coronavirus (COVID-19), accounting for 3.0% of all deaths; this was 1 death fewer with COVID-19 mentioned compared with the previous week.
Of the deaths registered in Week 19 in England 283 mentioned COVID-19, accounting for 2.9% of all deaths; in Wales, 26 deaths mentioned COVID-19 accounting for 4.3% of all deaths.
Of the 309 deaths involving COVID-19 in Week 19, 67.0% (207 deaths) had this recorded as the underlying cause of death, which was a higher proportion when compared with Week 18 (65.5%).
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 12 May 2023 was 1,896,820 in England and Wales; of these 1,776,936 were recorded in England and 116,870 were recorded in Wales.
From the week ending 13 March 2020 to the week ending 12 May 2023 the number of deaths involving COVID-19 in England and Wales was 204,389 of these, 192,175 were recorded in England and 11,871 were recorded in Wales.
From the week ending 13 March 2020 to the week ending 12 May 2023 the number of excess deaths above the five-year average in England and Wales was 185,759, in England and Wales of these, 177,349 were recorded in England and 9,631 were recorded in Wales.
The number of deaths was above the five-year average in private homes (6.6% above, 177 excess deaths), hospitals (0.5% above, 24 excess deaths), care homes (1.1% above, 22 excess deaths) and other settings (3.2% above, 25 excess deaths).
The number of deaths registered in the UK in the week ending 12 May 2023 (Week 19) was 11,804, which was 2.5% above the five-year average (290 excess deaths); of these deaths, 353 involved COVID-19.
