Summary

The number of deaths registered in a week in England and Wales.

Publications

• Comparison of weekly death occurrences in England and Wales: up to week ending 29 May 2020

  This short article accompanies the weekly deaths release and explains the differences between various data sources that report on coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths.

• Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 29 May 2020

  Provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales, including deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19), by age, sex and region, in the latest weeks for which data are available.

Data

• Number of deaths in care homes notified to the Care Quality Commission, England

  Provisional counts of deaths in care homes caused by coronavirus (COVID-19) by local authority. Published by the Office for National Statistics and Care Quality Commission.

• Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional

  Provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales, by age, sex and region, in the latest weeks for which data are available. Includes the most up-to-date figures available for deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19).

• Death registrations and occurrences by local authority and health board

  Provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales, including deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19), by local authority, health board and place of death in the latest weeks for which data are available. The occurrence tabs in the 2021 edition of this dataset were updated for the last time on 25 October 2022.

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