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Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 19 February 2021
What's in the bulletin?
- The number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 19 February 2021 (Week 7) was 13,809; this was 1,545 fewer deaths than in the previous week (Week 6).
- In Week 7, the number of deaths registered in England and Wales was 18.8% above the five-year average (2,182 deaths higher).
- Of the deaths registered in Week 7 in England and Wales, 4,079 mentioned “novel coronavirus (COVID-19)”; a decrease of 1,612 deaths compared with Week 6.
Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain: 5 March 2021
What's in the bulletin?
- Compliance with most measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) remained high, with 88% of adults reporting always or often handwashing after returning home (89% last week) and 95% using a face covering (96% last week); the same proportion of adults (92%) reported avoiding physical contact when outside their home as last week.
- The proportion of working adults travelling to work exclusively in the past seven days appears to be gradually increasing, at 39% this week compared with 34% in mid-February (10 to 14 February); this proportion is now higher than the proportion of working adults reporting working from home exclusively in the past seven days, this appears to be gradually decreasing, to 32% this week compared with 37% in mid-February.
- The proportion of adults that felt that life will return to normal in six months or less increased to around a third (32%) compared with just over 1 in 5 (22%) last week; the proportion of adults who felt that it will take more than a year for life to return to normal decreased, 2 in 10 (20%) adults reported this compared with just over a quarter (27%) last week.
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