Thread by @ONS

Our weekly deaths data show that

- of all deaths in England and Wales that occurred up to 10 April (registered up to 18 April), 13,121 involved COVID-19

- Comparatively @DHSCgovuk figures show that 9,288 deaths occurred by 10 April ow.ly/wa6B50zjTH1 #COVID19 #coronavirus

There is a difference in the numbers because we include all deaths where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, even if only suspected, and we include deaths that happened in hospital and the community.

Read our blog post for more detail ow.ly/RLBH30qztLy

ONS figures for occurrence are based on date of death so include deaths registered up to 11 days after the stated period.

@DHSCgovuk report on date of notification and only include deaths reported up to 5pm the day before ow.ly/WAGR30qztTz

For deaths that occurred in England alone up to 10 April (registered by 18 April)

- there were 12,516 deaths involving COVID-19

- this is compared with 10,260 deaths reported by @NHSEngland for the same period in their reconciled figures

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