Weekly coronavirus deaths in England and Wales have fallen for the first time since Christmas, according to new figures.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed Covid-19 deaths are down by 1,113 in a week in its latest count of fatalities.
Coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificates of 7,320 people in the latest week - down by 1,113 on the week before.
In the week ending January 29, 8,433 deaths involved coronavirus, compared with the 7,320 in the week ending February 5.
This is a 13% decrease in a week, although 42% of death certificates still mentioned Covid-19.
It means England and Wales suffered the third-highest rate of deaths involving coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.
However, the proportion of Covid deaths is still down on the week before, when 45% of fatalities recorded involved coronavirus.
All regions of England recorded a week-on-week fall in the number of Covid deaths registered in the week to February 5.
Two regions each saw more than 1,000 Covid-19 deaths registered - south-east England and eastern England.
The total number of deaths involving coronavirus in the UK has now reached 133,077, according to the ONS.
This figure is higher than the Public Health England (PHE) death count as the numbers are calculated differently.
PHE announced 230 Covid fatalities yesterday - the lowest daily death toll this year.
Some 9,765 new cases were recorded in the 24 hours to Monday, official figures showed.
Last Monday, the national death toll rose by 333 and 14,101 new infections were recorded.
There were 23 consecutive days in January - from January 7 to 29 - when the daily death toll was above 1,000, according to the ONS.
During the first wave of the virus in April 2020, there were also 23 consecutive days when the death toll - based on death certificates - was above 1,000.
