Non-food stores reported a fall of 4.4% in sales volumes in July 2021 compared with June 2021.
This was driven by a fall of 10.1% in “other non-food stores”, such as second-hand goods stores and computer and telecoms equipment stores ow.ly/fXRy50FUEMV
The proportion of retail sales online increased to 27.9% in July from 27.1% in June.
This remains substantially higher than the pre-pandemic proportion of online retail spending in February 2020 (19.8%) ow.ly/jiSa50FUEOT
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Weekly household spending fell by more than £100 on average during the #COVID19 pandemic.
Data for the year to March 2021 highlight the impact of the pandemic on household finances and living standards ow.ly/CJT650G8Htj
Richer households saw a bigger reduction in spending than poorer households ow.ly/zngx50G8Hvs
Lower spending on international holidays (including accommodation, travel and food) accounted for half of reduced spending in the highest income households, compared with a third for the lowest income households ow.ly/VkOU50G8Hzz
There were 640 deaths involving COVID-19 of people who were fully vaccinated between 2 Jan and 2 July 2021.
This includes people who had been infected before they were vaccinated ow.ly/Ox4P50G8GVh
Age-standardised mortality rates for deaths involving #COVID19 are consistently lower for people who have received two vaccinations ow.ly/AuKO50G8GYz
A ‘breakthrough death’ is a death involving #COVID19 that occurred in someone who'd received both vaccines, and had a first positive PCR test at least 14 days after the second vaccination dose.
There were 256 breakthrough deaths between 2 Jan and 2 July ow.ly/nrQO50G8H05