The provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 23 October 2020 (Week 43) was 10,739.

This was

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat"> 205 more than Week 42
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat"> 980 more than the five-year average for Week 43

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Of the 10,739 deaths registered in Week 42, 978 mention #COVID19 on the death certificate (9.1% of all deaths).

This has risen by 308 #COVID19 deaths since the previous week (Week 42) http://ow.ly/fkZx50C9Z2b ">https://ow.ly/fkZx50C9Z...

We have included new analysis on the cause of death:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat"> of the 978 deaths involving #COVID19, 89.4% had this recorded as the underlying cause of death
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat"> of the 1,719 deaths involving influenza and pneumonia, 17.6% had these as the underlying cause

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Of deaths involving #COVID19 registered up to Week 43, 35,479 deaths (64.1%) occurred in hospitals with the remainder mainly occurring in

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat"> private homes (2,643)
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The number of deaths involving #COVID19 increased across all of the nine English regions http://ow.ly/4dn550C9ZkA ">https://ow.ly/4dn550C9Z...

In Wales, there were 65 deaths registered in Week 43 involving #COVID19, an increase compared with the 47 deaths registered in Week 42 http://ow.ly/9FrD50C9ZsV ">https://ow.ly/9FrD50C9Z...

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In England, of all deaths that occurred up to 23 October (registered up 31 October), 52,915 involved #COVID19.

For the same period @DHSCgovuk reported 39,629 #COVID19 death notifications (where the death occurred within 28 days of a positive test) http://ow.ly/Oc4L50Ca0AX ">https://ow.ly/Oc4L50Ca0...

For Wales our data show that up to 23 October (registered up to 31 October) 2,806 deaths involved #COVID19.

For the same period

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat"> @DHSCgovuk reported 1,772 #COVID19 death notifications
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat"> @PublicHealthW reported 1,888 #COVID19 deaths occurrences

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ONS figures for date of death are based on deaths registered up to 31 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