The provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 28 August 2020 (week 35) was 9,032.

This was

599 less than week 34
791 more than the five-year average for week 35

http://ow.ly/Iwar50Bkw9D 

The number of deaths registered in week 35 was 9.6% above the five-year average (791 deaths higher).

This is the third consecutive week that weekly deaths have been above the five-year average, however, the rise was not driven by #COVID19 http://ow.ly/3HqD50Bkwc6 

Of the deaths registered in Week 35, 101 mention #COVID19 on the death certificate (1.1% of all deaths).

This has fallen since the previous week (Week 34) when 1.4% of all deaths mentioned COVID-19 http://ow.ly/6dub50Bkwg6 

Of deaths involving #COVID19 registered up to Week 35, 33,151 deaths (63.4%) occurred in hospital with the remainder mainly occurring in care homes (15,484), private homes (2,477) and hospices (747) http://ow.ly/WVwK50Bkwmr 

The number of deaths involving #COVID19 decreased across the majority of the English regions, however all regions had higher overall deaths than the five-year average http://ow.ly/LWa050Bkws5 

In Wales, there were 3 deaths registered in Week 35 involving #COVID19, a decrease compared with the 11 deaths registered in Week 34 http://ow.ly/FMcv50Bkwy2 

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/e4u350BkwDE 

In England, of all deaths that occurred up to 28 August (registered up 5 September), 49,676 involved #COVID19.

For the same period, @DHSCgovuk reported 36,849 COVID-19 deaths (where the death occurred within 28 days of receiving a positive test) http://ow.ly/fGDr50BkwKu 

. @PHE_UK have recently updated how they count COVID-19 deaths, more information can be found in their technical summary https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phe-data-series-on-deaths-in-people-with-covid-19-technical-summary

For Wales our data show that up to 28 August (registered up to 5 September) 2,565 deaths involved #COVID19

For the same period

@DHSCgovuk reported 1,595 COVID-19 death notifications

@PublicHealthW reported 1,595 COVID-19 deaths occurrences

http://ow.ly/Ql3150Bkx16 

ONS figures for date of death are based on deaths registered up to 5 September 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