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Radial plot (‘Florence Nightingale’ plot) of excess deaths in England and Wales by year and week number (1–53). Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) during the pre-pandemic years 2012–2019 and during the pandemic in England & Wales [15]. Data for 2021 were only recorded up to week 34 at the time of plotting the Figure. Therefore, the deaths in weeks 35–52 in 2021 are zero.
