"The sharpest rise in COVID-19 deaths occurred in wave one, but overall a higher proportion of deaths involved COVID-19 in wave two","" "Number of weekly deaths of care home residents registered from 14 March 2020 to 2 April 2021, England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures for 2020 (week ending 20 March 2020 to 25 December 2020) are final and all weeks of 2021 (week ending 8 January 2021 to 2 April 2021) are provisional. 2. Week 53 2020 (week ending 1 January 2021) has been removed since there is no five-year average comparison, total deaths and deaths involving COVID-19 for Week 53 2020 were 2,343 and 746 respectively. 3. The International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition (ICD-10) definitions for the coronavirus (COVID-19) are U07.1, U07.2, U09.9 and U10.9. 4. The average for 2015 to 2019 provides a comparison of the number of deaths expected per week in a usual (non-pandemic) year." "Unit","Number of deaths" "","" "Week ending","Deaths involving COVID-19","All other deaths (excl COVID-19)","Five-year average" "20 Mar 20","19","2706","2788" "27 Mar 20","67","2832","2648" "03 Apr 20","528","3970","2667" "10 Apr 20","1403","4405","2689" "17 Apr 20","2929","5547","2683" "24 Apr 20","3678","5335","2684" "01 May 20","3082","4200","2492" "08 May 20","2069","2745","2411" "15 May 20","2064","3014","2533" "22 May 20","1374","2460","2448" "29 May 20","891","1992","1994" "05 Jun 20","713","2050","2469" "12 Jun 20","468","1985","2293" "19 Jun 20","316","1888","2363" "26 Jun 20","241","1820","2281" "03 Jul 20","204","1904","2283" "10 Jul 20","125","1785","2312" "17 Jul 20","105","1923","2275" "24 Jul 20","84","2000","2233" "31 Jul 20","60","1918","2261" "07 Aug 20","49","1994","2260" "14 Aug 20","55","2172","2303" "21 Aug 20","47","2227","2339" "28 Aug 20","34","1963","2048" "04 Sep 20","24","1760","2367" "11 Sep 20","35","2269","2325" "18 Sep 20","47","2154","2356" "25 Sep 20","52","2152","2386" "02 Oct 20","62","2206","2453" "09 Oct 20","87","2235","2584" "16 Oct 20","156","2436","2579" "23 Oct 20","220","2311","2521" "30 Oct 20","249","2228","2646" "06 Nov 20","401","2321","2738" "13 Nov 20","584","2287","2731" "20 Nov 20","647","2282","2701" "27 Nov 20","795","2065","2715" "04 Dec 20","738","2164","2865" "11 Dec 20","739","2189","2915" "18 Dec 20","847","2256","3132" "25 Dec 20","749","1873","2199" "08 Jan 21","1384","2739","2970" "15 Jan 21","1734","2517","3697" "22 Jan 21","2389","2303","3680" "29 Jan 21","2523","2283","3569" "05 Feb 21","2187","2309","3406" "12 Feb 21","1503","2141","3272" "19 Feb 21","980","2044","3069" "26 Feb 21","643","2053","3166" "05 Mar 21","478","2060","3005" "12 Mar 21","305","1979","3097" "19 Mar 21","196","1936","3024" "26 Mar 21","150","1993","2788" "02 Apr 21","86","1656","2648"