Care home resident deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales have risen for the first time since January, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.
In the week ending 14 May, 30 care home resident deaths were recorded where Covid was mentioned on the death certificate.
That compares with 15 care home resident Covid-related deaths in the week ending 7 May and 35 the week before that.
The rise is the first week-on-week increase since 2,505 deaths were recorded in the week ending 29 January.
The data refers to all deaths where either the death occurred in a care home or occurred elsewhere - such as hospitals - but the place of residence of the deceased was recorded as a care home.
Increases in Covid-related deaths were recorded in north-east England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, eastern England, London and south-east England.
North-west England, East Midlands, south-west England and Wales all saw decreases or flat rates of Covid-related deaths.
In total, there were 2,273 all-cause deaths in care homes in England and Wales in the week ending 14 May meaning Covid-related deaths accounted for 1.3 per cent.
