The relatively low number of deaths during recent months reflects the success of the vaccination programme, in particular the rollout of booster doses at the end of last year.
But both these figures are well below the 8,433 deaths registered at the peak of the second wave of the virus, in the week to January 29 2021. The 960 deaths registered in the week to April 8 is the highest since 1,066 deaths in the week to February 11. Prevalence of coronavirus remains high across the country, though the latest wave has not seen the levels of serious illness and mortality recorded in earlier stages of the pandemic.
The increase reflects the impact of the recent surge in infections driven by the Omicron BA.2 variant. The figures confirm deaths are once again on an upwards trend, following several weeks where the numbers appeared to have levelled off. This is up 13 per cent on the previous week and is the third clear week-on-week rise in a row. A total of 960 deaths registered in the seven days to April 8 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The number of deaths involving coronavirus registered each week in England and Wales is continuing to increase, though it has yet to reach the level seen at the start of this year.
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