"There were more deaths due to COVID-19 between January and August 2020 than influenza or pneumonia","" "Number of deaths due to influenza, pneumonia or COVID-19 by sex, 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 (J09-J11) or pneumonia (J12-J18)." "Unit","Number" "","" "","Persons","Males","Females" "Influenza","394","179","215" "Pneumonia","13619","6398","7221" "COVID-19","48168","26639","21529"