Dataset Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional
About this Dataset
Provisional counts of the number of care home resident deaths registered in England and Wales, by region, including deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19), in the latest weeks for which data are available.Edition in this dataset
Important notes and usage information
In the week ending 17 November 2023 (Week 46) 11,243 deaths were registered in England and Wales; this was 2.6% above the five-year average (284 excess deaths).
The number of deaths registered in England in Week 46 was 10,521; this was 2.7% above the five-year average (276 excess deaths).
The number of deaths registered in Wales in Week 46 was 700; this was 1.7% above the five-year average (12 excess deaths).
Of the deaths registered in Week 46 in England and Wales, 259 mentioned novel coronavirus (COVID-19), accounting for 2.3% of all deaths; this was 52 less deaths with COVID-19 mentioned compared with the previous week.
Of the deaths registered in Week 46, 239 mentioned COVID-19 in England, accounting for 2.3% of all deaths; in Wales, 20 deaths mentioned COVID-19, accounting for 2.9% of all deaths.
Of the 259 deaths involving COVID-19 in Week 46, 62.5% (162 deaths) had this recorded as the underlying cause of death, which was a lower proportion when compared with Week 45 (67.2%).
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 17 November 2023 was 2,174,730 in England and Wales; of these 2,036,792 were recorded in England and 134,222 were recorded in Wales.
From the week ending 13 March 2020 to the week ending 17 November 2023 the number of deaths involving COVID-19 in England and Wales was 210,269; of these, 197,607 were recorded in England and 12,299 were recorded in Wales.
From the week ending 13 March 2020 to the week ending 17 November 2023 the number of excess deaths in England and Wales was 196,967; of these, 187,700 were recorded in England and 10,404 were recorded in Wales.
The number of deaths was above the five-year average in private homes (10.5% above, 299 excess deaths), care homes (2.5% above, 60 excess deaths) and other settings (5.5% above, 46 excess deaths), and below the five-year average in hospitals (2.5% below, 121 fewer deaths).
The number of deaths registered in the UK in the week ending 17 November 2023 (Week 46) was 12,848, which was 2.8% greater than the five-year average (348 excess deaths); of these deaths, 292 (2.3%) involved COVID-19.