The provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 7 August 2020 (Week 32) was 8,945.

This was

1 less than Week 31
157 fewer than the five-year average for Week 32

http://ow.ly/meoX50B2bAN 

Of the deaths registered in Week 32, 152 mention #COVID19 on the death certificate (1.7% of all deaths).

This has fallen since the previous week (Week 31) when 2.2% of all deaths mentioned COVID-19 http://ow.ly/Ii6450B2bDF 

Of deaths involving #COVID19 registered up to Week 32, 32,906 deaths (63.2%) occurred in hospital with the remainder mainly occurring in care homes (29.6%), private homes (4.7%) and hospices (1.4%) http://ow.ly/y7XE50B2bGP 

The number of deaths involving #COVID19 decreased across the majority of English regions.

Six of the nine regions had fewer deaths overall compared with the five-year average http://ow.ly/RQA750B2bK4 

In Wales, there were 24 deaths registered in Week 32 involving #COVID19, an increase compared with the 10 deaths registered in Week 31 http://ow.ly/C7xX50B2bNI 

We are no longer producing our comparison of weekly death occurrences article. However a small section covering England and Wales comparisons is included in our weekly bulletin http://ow.ly/BNk250B2bTd 

In England, of all deaths that occurred up to 7 August (registered up 15 August), 49,318 involved #COVID19.

For the same period, @DHSCgovuk reported 36,645 COVID-19 deaths (where the death occurred within 28 days of receiving a positive test) http://ow.ly/u3q650B2bZT 

. @PHE_uk have recently updated how they count COVID-19 deaths, more information can be found in their technical summary http://ow.ly/4r0S50B2c4D 

For Wales, our data show that up to 7 August (registered up to 15 August) 2,521 deaths involved #COVID19.

For the same period @PublicHealthW reported 1,567 COVID-19 deaths http://ow.ly/9e0r50B2ciY 

. @GOVUK are currently updating their #COVID19 dashboard so this week we are unable to provide @DHSCgovuk date of notification data for Wales http://ow.ly/6bhh50B2clZ 

ONS figures for date of death are based on deaths registered up to 15 August and may increase as more deaths are registered.

@DHSCgovuk reports on date of notification and only include deaths reported up to 5pm the day before http://ow.ly/t2OS30r19w7