Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many care home residents in England died from COVID-19 related symptoms in each week from 1 April to 1 September.
The following table shows the number of deaths of care home residents occurring in care homes in England, by date of death registration in each week between 1 April to 1 September 2020.
Week ending | Total number of deaths |
3 April 2020 | 187 |
10 April 2020 | 768 |
17 April 2020 | 1,929 |
24 April 2020 | 2,669 |
1 May 2020 | 2,329 |
8 May 2020 | 1,590 |
15 May 2020 | 1,592 |
22 May 2020 | 1,046 |
29 May 2020 | 670 |
5 June 2020 | 536 |
12 June 2020 | 360 |
19 June 2020 | 242 |
26 June 2020 | 181 |
3 July 2020 | 163 |
10 July 2020 | 89 |
17 July 2020 | 91 |
24 July 2020 | 67 |
31 July 2020 | 44 |
7 August 2020 | 29 |
14 August 2020 | 39 |
21 August 2020 | 39 |
28 August 2020 | 23 |
4 September 2020 | 17 |
Source: Office of National Statistics, Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales
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