The Office for National Statistics releases weekly Covid comment.
There were 334 deaths registered in the UK involving coronavirus (COVID-19) in the week ending 10 June 2022. This was 123 more than the previous week. However, registrations in the previous week were impacted by the bank holidays on 2 and 3 June.
There were 13,275 total deaths registered in the UK in the latest week, which is 17.1% above the five-year average.
Of the 284 deaths involving COVID-19 in England and Wales in the week ending 10 June 2022, 58.1% had the disease recorded as the underlying cause of death, consistent with the previous week.
ONS data are based on deaths registered in England and Wales and include all deaths where “novel coronavirus (COVID-19)” was mentioned on the death certificate.
