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Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: 10 September 2021
What's in the bulletin?
- The number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 10 September 2021 was affected by the Summer Bank Holiday that occurred in the previous week (Week 35), it is likely that more deaths were registered than we would normally expect due to less deaths being registered in the previous week.
- In Week 36, 11,035 deaths were registered in England and Wales; this was 2,238 more deaths than the previous week (Week 35) and 20.2% above the five-year average (1,853 more deaths).
- The number of deaths registered in England in the week ending 10 September 2021 (Week 36) was 10,352; this was 2,118 more deaths than the previous week (Week 35) and 20.3% above the five-year average (1,748 more deaths).
Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain: 24 September 2021
What's in the bulletin?
- A high proportion of adults felt that measures to slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) were either very important or important; including wearing a face covering (86% in this period, 87% in the previous period between 25 August and 5 September 2021) and socially distancing from others not in their household (86% in this period, 87% in the previous period).
- Among working adults, 65% reported travelling to work (either exclusively or in combination with working from home) in the past seven days, which is an increase of 8 percentage points compared with the previous period (57%); 29% of working adults reported working from home in the past seven days (either exclusively or in combination with travelling to work) which is a slight decrease of 3 percentage points compared with the previous period (32%).
- Around 1 in 6 (18%) adults reported they had not been able to buy essential food items as they were not available at some point during the past two weeks; a quarter (25%) reported they had not been able to buy other non-essential food items, and a smaller proportion reported they had not been able to buy medicine (4%) or fuel (4%); around 6 in 10 (61%) reported that everything they needed had been available to buy.
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Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional
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Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: 10 September 2021
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