Dataset(s): Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional

Important notes and usage information

• In the week ending 15 September 2023 (Week 37) 10,355 deaths were registered in England and Wales; this was 3.9% above the five-year average (389 more deaths).   

• The number of deaths registered in England in the week ending 15 September 2023 (Week 37) was 9,673; this was 3.7% above the five-year average (344 excess deaths).

• The number of deaths registered in Wales in the week ending 8 September 2023 (Week 37) was 658; this was 6.9% above the five-year average (42 excess deaths).   

• Of the deaths registered in Week 37 in England and Wales, 248 mentioned novel coronavirus (COVID-19), accounting for 2.4% of all deaths; this was 30 more deaths with COVID-19 mentioned compared with the previous week.

• Of the deaths registered in Week 37 in England, 229 mentioned COVID-19, accounting for 2.4% of all deaths; in Wales 17 deaths mentioned COVID-19, accounting for 2.6% of all deaths.   

• Of the 248 deaths involving COVID-19 in Week 37, 69.8% (173 deaths) had this recorded as the underlying cause of death, which was a greater proportion when compared with Week 36 (67.9%). 

• 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 15 September 2023 was 2,079,169 in England and Wales; of these 1,947,386 were recorded in England and 128,294 were recorded in Wales.   

• From the week ending 13 March 2020 to the week ending 15 September 2023 the number of deaths involving COVID-19 in England and Wales was 207,543; of these, 195,087 were recorded in England and 12,103 were recorded in Wales.   

• From the week ending 13 March 2020 to the week ending 15 September 2023 the number of excess deaths above the five-year average in England and Wales was 195,117; of these, 185,911 were recorded in England and 10,351 were recorded in Wales.  

• The number of deaths was above the five-year average in private homes (11.6% above, 305 excess deaths) and care homes (4.5% above, 94 excess deaths), and below the five-year average in hospitals (0.2% below, 7 fewer deaths) and other settings (0.4% below, 3 fewer deaths).

• The number of deaths registered in the UK in the week ending 15 September 2023 (Week 37) was 11,688, which was 2.9% above the five-year average (330 excess deaths); of these deaths, 289 (2.5%) involved COVID-19.