Of the deaths registered in Week 39, 215 mention #COVID19 on the death certificate (2.2% of all deaths).
This has risen since the previous week (Week 38) with a difference of 76 #COVID19 deaths ow.ly/H7dA50BKzZq
Of deaths involving #COVID19 registered up to Week 39, 33,487 deaths (63.4%) occurred in hospital with the remainder mainly occurring in care homes (15,601), private homes (2,513) and hospices (756) ow.ly/1APq50BKA6z
The number of deaths involving #COVID19 increased across eight of the nine English regions.
The East of England and London were the only English regions to have lower overall deaths than the five-year average ow.ly/702250BKAnP
In Wales, there were 12 deaths registered in Week 39 involving #COVID19, an increase compared with the 5 deaths registered in Week 38 ow.ly/dPjQ50BKAtq
We are no longer producing our comparison of weekly death occurrences article. However a small section covering England and Wales comparisons is included in our weekly bulletin ow.ly/wBSE50BKAD2
In England, of all deaths that occurred up to 25 September (registered up 3 October), 50,277 involved #COVID19.
For the same period, @DHSCgovuk reported 37,270 #COVID19 death notifications (where the death occurred within 28 days of a positive test) ow.ly/pOVZ50BKAGv
For Wales our data show that up to 25 September (registered up to 3 October) 2,592 deaths involved #COVID19.
We’ve published our monthly mortality data for August 2020.
These data are not directly comparable with our weekly data on deaths registered in England and Wales, as weeks do not aggregate exactly into calendar months ow.ly/VmQD50Buo9z
In August 2020, there were 34,750 deaths registered in England, 2,060 fewer than the five-year average for August.
In Wales, there were 2,379 deaths registered, 116 fewer than the five-year average for August ow.ly/62km50Buobx
#COVID19 did not feature in the top 10 leading causes of death in August 2020, in England or Wales ow.ly/JGyW50Buoim
Our headline estimates suggest that at any given time between 30 August and 5 September, around 1 in 1,400 people not in care homes, hospitals or other institutional settings in England would test positive for #COVID19, an average of 39,700 people ow.ly/290u50BnZPg
The most recent modelled estimate suggests the number of infections has increased in recent weeks ow.ly/dX9E50BnZQY
During the most recent week, we estimate there were around 3,200 new #COVID19 infections per day in England, not including those living in institutional settings.
Our evidence suggests that the incidence rate for England has increased in recent weeks ow.ly/GS0u50BnZYM
The number of deaths registered in week 34 was 5.2% above the five-year average (474 deaths higher).
This is the second consecutive week that weekly deaths have been above the five-year average, however, the rise was not driven by #COVID19ow.ly/Kwy950Bfy4V
Of the deaths registered in Week 34, 138 mention #COVID19 on the death certificate (1.4% of all deaths).
This has fallen since the previous week (Week 33) when 1.5% of all deaths mentioned COVID-19 ow.ly/VvYF50Bfya3
We’ve published our monthly mortality data for July 2020.
These data are not directly comparable with our weekly data on deaths registered in England and Wales, as weeks do not aggregate exactly into calendar months ow.ly/eyts50B5iPn
In July 2020, there were 38,179 deaths registered in England, 576 more than the five-year average for July.
In Wales, there were 2,548 deaths registered, 69 more than the five-year average for July ow.ly/k7WZ50B5j4R
July 2020 had more weekdays (when most deaths are registered) than most years from 2015-2019.
As a result, while the weekly number of deaths registered was below that week’s five-year average, more deaths were registered overall than the average for July ow.ly/pZGV50B5jaT
We have investigated the link between air pollution and #COVID19 deaths in England.
We found some evidence to suggest a correlation, but it is likely to be lower than that found in other studies ow.ly/bizl50AYelG
Exposure to air pollution can cause breathing difficulties and other lung and heart conditions.
More than one-third of #COVID19 deaths in England up to the end of June had a respiratory or cardiovascular disease as the main pre-existing health condition ow.ly/80qc50AYepI
While #COVID19 deaths were more common in highly polluted areas early in the pandemic, this trend decreased as the number of deaths rose ow.ly/Znw650AYesK
Our latest GDP estimates for June show that the UK economy is now 17.2% smaller than it was in February before the full impacts of the #coronavirus#COVID19 pandemic hit ow.ly/Wsom50AX8b9
GDP fell 20.4% in Quarter 2 2020; with services (-19.9%) manufacturing (-20.2%) and construction (-35.0%) all experiencing record quarterly falls ow.ly/x96N50AX8dy