One more coronavirus death in Powys, ONS data shows

It brings the overall number of people to have died with a suspected case of the disease to 86 since the pandemic began, based on the ONS figures which show every death where Covid-19 or coronavirus is mentioned on the death certificate.

These differ from the daily Public Health Wales update – which have a more limited scope, but which contain confirmed cases in Wales. Powys Teaching Health Board has indicated a preference to use the ONS data as the strongest indicator of the spread of the disease in the county, however.

The figures suggest that the spread of the disease has slowed in Powys, one death recorded in the week to May 29 – which was in a hospital – and none in the week before.

Since the outbreak began, the ONS stats show that there have been six deaths in people's homes, 35 in hospitals, and 45 in care homes.

Nationally, less than a fifth of deaths registered in the week ending May 29 in England and Wales involved coronavirus – the lowest proportion since the week lockdown was imposed, figures show.

There were 9,824 deaths registered in that week – a fall from the previous week but still 1,653 deaths higher than what would usually be expected, the ONS said.

Data differences

The data differs from that published by Public Health Wales, which shows 13 confirmed deaths of people with coronavirus in Powys, for a number of reasons.

The health body's figures relate to cases where coronavirus has been confirmed, and only include people who have died in hospital settings in Wales.

As such, this excludes people who have died in hospitals in England, those who have passed away in care homes, and those who died without having been tested to confirm the presence of coronavirus.

The ONS figures refer to all cases in which Covid-19 is mentioned on a death certificate, even where it may not have been the primary cause of death.

The figures also factor in additional deaths in previous weeks which had not been included previously.