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Weekly deaths from coronavirus have risen by 1,937 in England and Wales, marking the second week in a row that the total has hit four figures.
The Office for National Statistics, which counts death certificates where COVID-19 is mentioned, showed an increase of 558, or 40.5%, in the previous seven days, when the figure was 1,379.
Last week’s figure was first time since June that weekly coronavirus deaths had exceeded 1,000.
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The latest data for the week through November 6 brings the total number of COVID-19 deaths in England and Wales to 59,473.
This number is different from the total issued by the UK government, which records deaths from coronavirus in hospitals across the UK.
When all causes of death are taken into account, 11,812 people died in the week ending November 6 in England and Wales, 1,481 more than the five-year average.
It is the third week in a row that the number of people who die is higher than average.
The data showed that the number of deaths related to the coronavirus increased in all regions of England and Wales.
North West England had 568 COVID-19-related deaths in the first week of November, the highest number in the area since mid-May.
It was a similar situation in Yorkshire and the Humber, with 329 deaths recorded there, the highest number since the week ending May 15.
There were 152 deaths in northeast England according to the latest ONS figures, the highest figure since the week ending May 22.
It comes after reports that two different vaccines they have worked well in rehearsals.
The American company Moderna said its inoculation may be 94.5% effective against the virus, a week after Pfizer and BioNTech published preliminary results of the third phase trials suggesting its vaccine was 90% effective. %.
