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Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 4 June 2021

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  • The number of deaths registered in England and Wales was affected by the Spring Bank Holiday, with 7,778 deaths registered in the week ending 4 June 2021 (Week 22); this was 1,850 fewer deaths than the previous week (Week 21) and 4.8% below the five-year average (393 fewer deaths).
  • The number of deaths registered in England in the week ending 4 June 2021 (Week 22) was 7,302; this was 1,704 fewer deaths than the previous week (Week 21) and 4.0% below the five-year average (305 fewer deaths).
  • The number of deaths registered in Wales in the week ending 4 June 2021 (Week 22) was 464; this was 146 fewer deaths than the previous week (Week 21) and 15.0% below the five-year average (82 fewer deaths).
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Economic activity and social change in the UK, real-time indicators: 17 June 2021

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  • In the week to 14 June 2021, the seven-day average estimate of UK seated diners was at 119% of its level in the equivalent week of 2019; this is a 28 percentage point decrease from the previous week but 62 percentage points higher than the level seen in the week to 19 April 2021, just after the first easing of hospitality restrictions in the UK (OpenTable). See Section 3.
  • In the week to 12 June 2021, overall retail footfall in the UK saw a weekly decrease of 7% but was still at 82% of the level seen in the equivalent week of 2019; this is the second highest volume of retail footfall as a proportion of its 2019 level seen so far this year (Springboard). See Section 4.
  • The proportion of UK businesses' workforce who are reported to be on furlough leave has fallen from around 20% in late January 2021 to 7% in late May 2021, the lowest proportion since the furlough scheme began; this corresponds with the highest proportion (since June 2020 when comparable estimates began) of the workforce working at their normal place of work, at 62% in late May 2021 (Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS)). See Section 5.
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