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Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 5 August 2022
What's in the bulletin?
- In the week ending 5 August 2022 (Week 31), 10,698 deaths were registered in England and Wales; 723 of these deaths mentioned "novel coronavirus (COVID-19)", accounting for 6.8% of all deaths.
- This is a decrease compared with the week ending 29 July 2022 (Week 30), when the number of all-cause deaths registered was 11,013; COVID-19 accounted for 810 of these deaths (7.4%), a higher proportion than the latest week.
- Of the 723 deaths involving COVID-19 in Week 31, 64.9% (469 deaths) had this recorded as the underlying cause of death, a decrease from 65.6% in Week 30.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, UK: 5 August 2022
What's in the bulletin?
- The percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) continued to decrease in England, Wales and Scotland; and the trend remained uncertain in Northern Ireland.
- In England, the estimated number of people testing positive for COVID-19 was 2,106,000 (95% credible interval: 1,987,200 to 2,234,800), equating to 3.86% of the population, or around 1 in 25 people.
- In Wales, the estimated number of people testing positive for COVID-19 was 108,800 (95% credible interval: 84,500 to 136,200), equating to 3.58% of the population, or around 1 in 30 people.
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