"Figure 4: The number of deaths due to COVID-19 was higher than the number of deaths in 2020 and the five-year average for deaths due to influenza and pneumonia","" "Number of deaths due to influenza and pneumonia or COVID-19 by month of occurrence, England and Wales, occurring between 1 January and 31 August 2020 and registered by 5 September 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures include deaths of non-residents. 2. Based on date a death occurred, registered up to 5 September 2020. 3. All figures for 2020 are provisional. 4. The International Classification of Diseases, tenth edition (ICD-10) definitions are as follows: coronavirus (COVID-19) (U07.1 and U07.2), influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18)." "Unit","Number of deaths " "","" "Month","Influenza and Pneumonia 5-year average","Influenza and Pneumonia 2020","COVID-19" "January","4218.2","3067","0" "February","3150.4","2244","0" "March","2911.4","2595","4498" "April","2354.8","1933","29128" "May","1994.6","1235","10724" "June","1731.2","1045","2744" "July","1613.6","966","762" "August","1560.6","928","312"