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

Important notes and usage information

• 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.