The provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 16 April 2021 (Week 16) was 10,438.

This was

1,340 more than Week 14
82 lower than the five-year average for Week 15

http://ow.ly/tVQo50Eywse 

Of the 10,438 deaths registered in Week 15, 362 mentioned #COVID19 on the death certificate (3.5% of all deaths).

This has fallen by 17 #COVID19 deaths since the previous week http://ow.ly/ur9E50Eywv0 

Of the 362 deaths involving #COVID19, 76.0% had this recorded as the underlying cause of death.

Of the 1,312 deaths involving influenza and pneumonia, 20.2% had these as the underlying cause http://ow.ly/QhJI50Eywwt 

Of deaths involving #COVID19 registered in 2020 and up to Week 15, 96,005 deaths ( 69.1%) occurred in hospitals. The remainder mainly occurred in

care homes (32,021)
private homes (7,817)
hospices (2,064)

http://ow.ly/pNgr50EywxF 

The number of deaths involving #COVID19 increased in North West, West Midlands, London and the South West but decreased in all other English regions.

London recorded the largest increase http://ow.ly/Dg3g50EywBq 

In Wales, deaths registered involving #COVID19 in Week 15 was 14.

This has fallen since the previous week (19 deaths) http://ow.ly/dlu750EywD8 

In England,  131,176 deaths that occurred up to 16 Apr 2021 (registered up to 24 Apr) involved #COVID19.

@PHE_uk reported 111,990 #COVID19 death occurrences in this time (notified by 26 Apr, where death occurred within 28 days of a positive test) http://ow.ly/xdQP50EywEI 

In Wales, 7,853 deaths that occurred up to 16 Apr 2021 (registered up to 24 Apr) involved #COVID19.

@PublicHealthW reported 5,540 #COVID19 death occurrences in this time, where the death occurred within 28 days of testing http://ow.ly/LsHY50EywHu 

ONS figures are based on deaths registered up to 24 Apr 2021 (and may rise as more deaths are registered).

@PHE_uk report on date of notification and death reported up to 5pm the day before http://ow.ly/eAZl50EywII 

This week’s data should be interpreted carefully due to the potential impact of the recent Easter bank holidays http://ow.ly/32kE50EywJs