We've also published our figures for deaths registered in the week ending 15 May http://ow.ly/HqRT50zPWr1 

Please note: the early May Bank Holiday contributed to both the decrease in the number of deaths registered in Week 19 and the increase in the number of deaths registered in Week 20, as deaths were unlikely to be registered on Friday 8 May http://ow.ly/sJar30qJBAF 

The provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 15 May 2020 (Week 20) was 14,573. This was

3,380 lower than Week 18
1,916 more than Week 19
4,385 more than the five-year average for Week 20

http://ow.ly/z5U430qJBBu 

Of deaths involving #COVID19 registered up to Week 20, 26,817 deaths (65.1%) occurred in hospital with the remainder mainly occurring in care homes (11,650), private homes (1,876) and hospices (524) http://ow.ly/mLTB30qJBD0 

Of the deaths registered in Week 20, 3,810 mention COVID-19 (26.1% of all deaths). This compares with 3,930 (31.1% of all deaths) in Week 19 http://ow.ly/D8DS30qJBGs 

The number of deaths in care homes (from all causes) for Week 20 was 4,461 – 213 more than Week 19.

However, deaths involving #COVID19 as a percentage of all deaths in care homes decreased to 37.2% compared with 39.2% in Week 19 http://ow.ly/4qim30qJBMb 

All English regions continued to show a decrease in the percentage of deaths involving #COVID19 in Week 20.

The North West had the highest number of #COVID19 deaths (620 deaths) for the second time in a row http://ow.ly/XmSx30qJBYI 

In Wales, there were 180 deaths registered in Week 20 involving #COVID19, accounting for 23.3% of all deaths registered in Wales http://ow.ly/u0vw50zPX5k