"Figure 1: Excess deaths not involving coronavirus (COVID-19) were lowest in January 2021 ","" "Number of excess deaths registered, England and Wales, March 2020 to December 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. Based on date a death was registered rather than occurred. 2. Includes deaths of non-residents. 3. Figures for 2021 are provisional. 4. Please see [Section 11](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/excessdeathsinenglandandwales/march2020todecember2021#glossary) for definition of coronavirus (COVID-19). 5. Please see [Section 11](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/excessdeathsinenglandandwales/march2020todecember2021#glossary) for definition of excess deaths." "Unit","Excess deaths" "","" "Month","Total excess deaths ","Total excess deaths excluding deaths involving COVID-19","Total excess deaths excluding deaths due to COVID-19" "Mar 2020","1644","-90","2" "Apr 2020","43796","12859","14361" "May 2020","9927","-3317","-2088" "June 2020","1686","-2713","-1954" "July 2020","588","-842","-475" "Aug 2020","-2235","-2814","-2634" "Sep 2020","2657","1896","2035" "Oct 2020","2891","-817","-359" "Nov 2020","6755","-4058","-2760" "Dec 2020","11634","-2556","-551" "Jan 2020","16548","-14037","-10940" "Feb 2020","11662","-8419","-5908" "Mar 2021","537","-5214","-3984" "Apr 2021","-2833","-4341","-3915" "May 2021","-4570","-5171","-4990" "June 2021","361","-200","-37" "July 2021","3190","1887","2118" "Aug 2021","3725","1105","1418" "Sep 2021","7679","3903","4414" "Oct 2021","3119","-167","369" "Nov 2021","7041","2881","3524" "Dec 2021","7821","4388","4953"