A total of 152,704 deaths have now occurred in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, the ONS said.
The highest number of deaths to occur on a single day was 1,477 on January 19.
During the first wave of the virus, the daily death toll peaked at 1,461 deaths on April 8 2020.
The total number of deaths registered in England and Wales was below the five-year average for the eighth consecutive week, the ONS said.
Some 9,692 deaths were registered in the week to April 30, 7.3% below the average for the corresponding period in 2015-19.
Before the eight most recent weeks, the last time deaths were below average was in the week to September 4 2020.
A total of 205 deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending April 30 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate, according to the Office for National Statistics – the lowest number since the week ending September 18.
The figure is down 21% on the previous week.
Around one in 48 (2.1%) deaths registered in England and Wales in the week to April 30 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate.
Some 35 care home resident deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales were registered in the week to April 30, down 30% on the previous week.
In total, 42,416 care home residents in England and Wales have had Covid-19 recorded on their death certificate since the pandemic began.
The ONS figures cover deaths of care home residents in all settings, not just in care homes.
Deaths involving Covid-19 among people in all age groups 50 and over have fallen by at least 96% since the second-wave peak, the latest ONS figures suggest.
A total of 127 Covid-19 deaths in the 70-and-over age group occurred in England and Wales in the week ending April 23, down from 7,416 deaths in the week ending January 22 – a drop of 98%.
Deaths for those aged 65-69 fell 97% in the same period, with drops of 96% for those aged 60-64, 97% for those aged 55-59 and 98% for those aged 50-54.
Deaths that occurred in the most recent week of reporting – the week to April 30 – are still being registered.
