The number of weekly registered deaths involving coronavirus in England and Wales has passed a thousand for the first time in eight months, figures show.
There were 1,020 deaths registered in the week ending November 12 where coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
Covid-19 accounted for around one in 12 of all deaths registered over the seven-day period.
The number is up 3% from the previous week, when 995 deaths were registered.
And it is the first time the weekly total has passed a thousand since the week ending March 12, during the 2021 national lockdown.
A total of 169,767 deaths have occurred in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, the ONS said.
The highest number on a single day was 1,484 on January 19.
During the first wave of the virus, the daily toll peaked at 1,461 on April 8 2020.
More than 77,000 extra deaths – or “excess deaths” – have taken place in private homes in England and Wales since the pandemic began, ONS figures show.
A total of 77,379 excess deaths were registered between March 7 2020 and November 12 2021.
Of this number, only 8,998 – 12% – were deaths involving Covid-19.
