Reuters: In St. Petersburg, mortality increased by 32%

In St. Petersburg, the mortality rate in May increased by 32% compared to 2019. Reuters writes about this with reference to the data of the registry committee. For May of this year, 6427 cases of death were registered in St. Petersburg, and in 2019 - 4875.

The number of deaths in May exceeds the number of dead in other months of 2020 in St. Petersburg. In April, 5303 people died, March - 5094, February 5019, January - 5382.

According to official figures, in May, 171 people died from Koronavirus in St. Petersburg. In the first 13 days of May, 697 people died from community pneumonia. How many people died of foreign pneumonia is unknown.

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According to official figures, since the beginning of the Pandemia of Koronavihus in the city, more than 17 thousand people became infected.