The provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 9 October 2020 (Week 41) was 9,954.

This was

9 more than Week 40
143 more than the five-year average for Week 41

http://ow.ly/DZjc50BXbC9 

Of the 9,954 deaths registered in Week 41, 438 mention #COVID19 on the death certificate (4.4% of all deaths).

This has risen by 117 since the previous week (Week 40) http://ow.ly/VnA650BXbHk 

Of deaths involving #COVID19 registered up to Week 41, 34,174 deaths (63.7%) occurred in hospitals with the remainder mainly occurring in

care homes (15,712)
private homes (2,561)
hospices (761)

http://ow.ly/rifB50BXbKZ 

The number of deaths involving #COVID19 increased across seven of the nine English regions http://ow.ly/HI4R50BXbR6 

In Wales, there were 37 deaths registered in Week 41 involving #COVID19, an increase of 12 deaths compared with the deaths registered in Week 40 http://ow.ly/zTQi50BXbY3 

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 http://ow.ly/sokP50BXc3V 

In England, of all deaths that occurred up to 9 October (registered up 17 October), 51,118 involved #COVID19.

For the same period @DHSCgovuk reported 37,956 COVID-19 death notifications (where the death occurred within 28 days of a positive test) http://ow.ly/AJld50BXc9D 

For Wales our data show that up to 9 October (registered up to 17 October) 2,671 deaths involved #COVID19.

For the same period

@DHSCgovuk reported 1,682 COVID-19 death notifications

@PublicHealthW reported 1,682 COVID-19 deaths occurrences

http://ow.ly/TyjB50BXckG 

ONS figures for date of death are based on deaths registered up to 17 October and may increase as more deaths are registered.

@DHSCgovuk reports on date of notification and only include deaths reported up to 5pm the day before http://ow.ly/xbaE50BXcpN