Excess deaths, new UK data

’Brits are dying in their tens of thousands - and we don’t really have any idea why’ Tens of thousands more Brits died than usual from May to December 2022, excluding Covid as a cause of death, raising serious questions as to why so many died May to December 2022, 32,441 excess deaths The number of deaths registered in the UK in the week ending 21 April 2023 (Week 16) Was 14,024 22.1% above the five-year average 2,540 excess deaths The number of deaths registered in the UK in the week ending 28 April 2023 (Week 17) Was 13,690 12.9% above the five-year average 1,569 excess deaths UK excess deaths in 2 weeks = 4,190 England and Wales 12,152 deaths 459 of these deaths mentioned novel coronavirus (3.8% of all deaths) Of the 459 deaths 65.6% (301 deaths) covid recorded as underlying cause The number of deaths was above the five-year average Private homes, 23.3% (646 excess deaths) Hospitals, 10.7% (521 excess deaths) Care homes, 8.4% (186 excess deaths) Other settings, 14.3% (117 excess deaths) Excess mortality in England and English regions: May 2023 update Latest update, 12th May, data to end of April 2023