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Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 20 January 2023
What's in the bulletin?
- In the week ending 20 January 2023 (Week 3), 15,804 deaths were registered in England and Wales; 781 of these deaths mentioned "novel coronavirus (COVID-19)", accounting for 4.9% of all deaths.
- This is a decrease in all deaths compared with the week ending 13 January 2023 (Week 2), when the number of all-cause deaths registered was 17,381; COVID-19 accounted for 922 of these deaths (5.3%).
- Of the 781 deaths involving COVID-19 in Week 3, 72.0% (562 deaths) had this recorded as the underlying cause of death, which was a marginally higher proportion when compared with Week 2 (70.9%).

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, UK: 3 February 2023
What's in the bulletin?
- The percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) continued to decrease in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
- In England, the estimated number of people testing positive for COVID-19 was 799,200 (95% credible interval: 750,000 to 849,700), equating to 1.42% of the population (a decrease from 1.62% in the previous reference week), or around 1 in 70 people.
- In Wales, the estimated number of people testing positive for COVID-19 was 38,800 (95% credible interval: 29,900 to 48,800), equating to 1.26% of the population (a decrease from 1.85% in the previous reference week), or around 1 in 80 people.

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