Excess deaths persist

US and EU excess mortality persists in May 2023 More detail on the situation in Australia, Our world in data May 2023, excess deaths, 2.9% (8,100 excess deaths) Above the baseline period in 2016-2019) April it was 3.3% May 2022, 8% (31,100 excess deaths) May 2021, 10.7% (48,700 excess deaths) May 2020, 3.1% (9,700 excess deaths) Week ending 28 July 2023 (Week 30) 9,684 deaths registered in England and Wales 63 of these deaths mentioned novel coronavirus (COVID-19), accounting for 0.7% of all deaths. Of the 63 deaths involving COVID-19 in Week 30, 61.9% (39 deaths) had this recorded as the underlying cause of death Deaths registered in the UK Week 30 were 11,115 0.8% above the five-year average (91 excess deaths)