The number of deaths involving coronavirus in the UK has passed 47,000, according to the latest available data from the Office for National Statistics as the weekly numbers in every region in England and Wales are falling.
The total includes new figures published on Tuesday by the ONS extrapolated from death certificates, which record cause of death, which are at their lowest levels in six weeks.
There were 4,210 UK deaths involving Covid-19 registered in the week ending May 15, according to the most recent data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
It is the lowest weekly total since the week ending April 3, when 3,801 Covid-19-related deaths were registered. The ONS figures show that 42,173 deaths involving Covid-19 occurred in