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​​Please send me the excess deaths for 2021 so far, ie up to 2 June.

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Using the most up-to-date data from Figure 3 of Deaths Registered Weekly in England and Wales, the number of deaths from the week ending 13 March 2020 up to 4 June 2021 was 764,444 in England and Wales. During this period, the number of excess deaths above the five-year average was 103,857 deaths.

In table 1 of the corresponding dataset, you will find weekly comparisons of 2021 deaths against 2020 deaths and the five-year average (2015-2019), which will provide weekly excess deaths for 2021.

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