{"id":89534,"date":"2021-03-23T10:24:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T10:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1156084"},"modified":"2021-03-23T10:24:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T10:24:51","slug":"registered-deaths-fall-below-five-year-average-for-first-time-in-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/03\/23\/registered-deaths-fall-below-five-year-average-for-first-time-in-six-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Registered deaths fall below five-year average for first time in six months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The number of registered deaths in England and Wales has fallen below the average for this time of year for the first time in six months, figures show.<\/p>\n<p>There were 10,987 deaths from all causes registered in the week ending March 12, down 605 deaths from the previous week, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.<\/p>\n<p>This is 511 deaths (4.4%) below the five-year average \u2013 the average number of deaths registered during this week between 2015-19.<\/p>\n<p>And it is the first time since the week ending September 4 that overall deaths have fallen below the five-year average.<\/p>\n<p><!-- EMBED START Twitter --><\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">10,987 provisional deaths were registered in England and Wales in the week ending 12 March 2021 (Week 10).<\/p>\n<p>This was<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.0\/72x72\/25aa.png\" alt=\"\u25aa\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> 605 fewer than Week 9<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.0\/72x72\/25aa.png\" alt=\"\u25aa\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> 511 fewer than the five-year average for Week 10<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.0\/72x72\/27a1.png\" alt=\"\u27a1\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/41zWW5VKDg\">https:\/\/t.co\/41zWW5VKDg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PZflIyoJJl\">pic.twitter.com\/PZflIyoJJl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ONS\/status\/1374293419997151232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure>\n<p><!-- EMBED END Twitter --><\/p>\n<p>There were 1,501 registered deaths involving coronavirus in the week ending March 12 \u2013 a fall of 28.7% from the previous week.<\/p>\n<p>It is the lowest number since the week ending October 30.<\/p>\n<p>Registered deaths of care home residents involving Covid-19 also fell, by more than a third (36%) to 300, in the week to March 12.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 41,758 care home residents in England and Wales have now had Covid-19 recorded on their death certificate since the pandemic began.<\/p>\n<p><!-- EMBED START Image --><\/p>\n<figure id=\"embedded258751817\"><img src=\"https:\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/7a90436e0a944d42ad747d190199ded8Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjE2NTgwOTgx\/2.58751817.jpg?w=640\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/7a90436e0a944d42ad747d190199ded8Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjE2NTgwOTgx\/2.58751817.jpg?w=320 320w, https:\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/7a90436e0a944d42ad747d190199ded8Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjE2NTgwOTgx\/2.58751817.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/7a90436e0a944d42ad747d190199ded8Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjE2NTgwOTgx\/2.58751817.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" alt=\"Coronavirus graphic\" data-title=\"HEALTH Coronavirus\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Graphics\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Graphics\/Press Association Images\" data-credit=\"PA Graphics\" data-usage-terms=\"\" \/><figcaption>(PA Graphics)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- EMBED END Image --><\/p>\n<p>The ONS figures cover deaths of care home residents in all settings, not just in care homes.<\/p>\n<p>And overall, 149,117 deaths have now occurred in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.<\/p>\n<p>The highest number of deaths to occur on a single day was 1,465 on January 19.<\/p>\n<p>During the first wave of the virus, the daily death toll peaked at 1,459 deaths on April 8.<\/p>\n<p><!-- TRACKING START GA --><script>(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga'); 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