Today’s weekly deaths release shows there were 16,387 deaths registered in week ending 3rd April in England and Wales – more than any week since we began compiling weekly figures in 2005.

21% of all deaths mentioned COVID-19 on the death registration. In London this was 46.6%

90% of COVID-19 deaths in week ending 3rd April occurred in hospital setting

The total number of deaths which occurred up to 3 April but were registered up to 11 April involving COVID-19 in England and Wales was 6,235.

•For deaths that occurred up to 3 April, there were 5,979 deaths in England registered by 11 April involving COVID-19 compared with 5,186 deaths reported by NHS England up to 12 April in their latest reconciled figures

For more information, see our releases. On Thursday we will be publishing more details on COVID-19 deaths that occurred in March including understanding of underlying cause of death https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisionalweekending3april2020