A total of 1,385 deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending January 28 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
This is down seven per cent on the previous seven days and is the first week-on-week fall so far this year.
Around one in nine (11.2 per cent) deaths registered in England and Wales in the week to January 28 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate.
