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		</div><p>The number of deaths involving coronavirus in the UK reached its lowest weekly level for six weeks in May, new figures show.</p>
<p>There were 4,210 deaths involving Covid-19 registered in the week ending May 15, according to the most recent data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).</p>
<p>It is the lowest weekly total since the week ending April 3, when 3,801 Covid-19-related deaths were registered.</p>
<p>The percentage of deaths involving Covid-19 and the total number of excess deaths compared with the five-year average continued to decrease.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Our weekly deaths data for England show of all deaths occurring up to 15 May (registered up to 23 May), 40,096 involved <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a></p>
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<p>▪ï¸ <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSCgovuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DHSCgovuk</a> reported 30,753 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> deaths <br />▪ï¸ <a href="https://twitter.com/NHSEngland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NHSEngland</a> reported 24,787 hospital deaths </p>
<p>â¡ï¸ <a href="https://t.co/SmL1cTkl8x">https://t.co/SmL1cTkl8x</a> <a href="https://t.co/7Gb826zQBO">pic.twitter.com/7Gb826zQBO</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) <a href="https://twitter.com/ONS/status/1265198940703674369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>But the total number of deaths from all causes rose by 1,916 to 14,573 – with an increase being registered after a dip during the early May bank holiday.</p>
<p>The ONS said trends over these two weeks “<i>should therefore be interpreted with caution”</i>.</p>
<p>For the first time, deaths in care homes accounted for more than half of the total number of deaths with Covid-19.</p>
<p>On May 9 there were 214 deaths in care homes – 51% of the total, while 191 (46%) took place in hospitals.</p>
<p>The figures bring the total number of deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK to more than 47,000.</p>
<p>They show that 42,173 deaths involving Covid-19 occurred in England and Wales up to May 15 (and had been registered up to May 23).</p>
<p>The latest figures from the National Records of Scotland, published last week, showed 3,546 deaths involving Covid-19 had been registered in Scotland up to May 17.</p>
<p>And the latest figures from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, also published last week, showed 664 deaths involving Covid-19 had been registered in Northern Ireland up to May 20.</p>
<p>Together, these figures mean that so far 46,383 deaths have been registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, including suspected cases.</p>
<p>A further 964 hospital patients in England who had tested positive for Covid-19 died between May 16 and May 24, according to figures published on Monday by NHS England – which, together with the total figure of 46,383 registered deaths, indicates the overall death toll for the UK is now just over 47,300.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 15 May 2020 (Week 20) was 14,573. This was </p>
<p>▪ï¸3,380 lower than Week 18<br />▪ï¸ 1,916 more than Week 19<br />▪ï¸ 4,385 more than the five-year average for Week 20</p>
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<p>&mdash; Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) <a href="https://twitter.com/ONS/status/1265202688880500736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The number of excess deaths in the UK since the coronavirus outbreak began is nearly 60,000.</p>
<p>Tuesday’s ONS figures show 53,960 excess deaths in England and Wales between March 21 and May 15 2020.</p>
<p>The National Records of Scotland found there were 4,434 excess deaths in Scotland between March 23 and May 17, while the Northern Ireland Statistics &; Research Agency put the figure for Northern Ireland at 834 excess deaths between March 21 and May 15.</p>
<p>Together, this means the total number of excess deaths in the UK across this period now stands at 59,228.</p>
<p>All figures are based on death registrations.</p>
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