The number of deaths involving Covid-19 registered in England and Wales has risen for the fourth week in a row.
A total of 321 deaths registered in the week ending October 2 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
This is up from 215 deaths in the week to September 25.
It is the highest number of registered deaths involving Covid-19 since the week ending July 10.
Just over 58,500 deaths involving Covid-19 have now been registered in the UK.
Figures published on Tuesday by the ONS show that 53,335 deaths involving Covid-19 had occurred in England and Wales up to October 2, and had been registered by October 10.
Figures published last week by the National Records for Scotland showed that 4,276 deaths involving Covid-19 had been registered in Scotland up to October 4, while 906 deaths had occurred in Northern Ireland up to October 2 (and had been registered up to October 7), according to the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
Together, these figures mean that so far 58,517 deaths have been registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, including suspected cases.
North-west England had 106 deaths involving Covid-19 registered in the week ending October 2 – the highest number for the region since the week ending June 26, according to the ONS.
In north-east England, 40 Covid-19 deaths were registered in the week to October 2, the highest for the region since the week to June 12.
Registered deaths involving Covid-19 increased week-on-week in all but two regions of England in the week to October 2.
The exceptions were the West Midlands and south-west England.
In Wales the weekly total increased from 12 to 25.
