In St. Petersburg, a record mortality rate was recorded for 10 years. 7,106 people died in June

In June 2020, 7,106 people died in St. Petersburg. Such data was published by the St. Petersburg Civil Registry Committee.

In January, 5382 deaths were registered, in February - 5019, in March - 5094, in April - 5303, in May - 6427.

According to Interfax, the death rate in St. Petersburg in June was a record for 10 years. According to the agency, during this period, more than six thousand people a month died in the city only three times - in January 2016 and 2017, and also in March 2018.

• Since the beginning of June, restrictions have been lifted in St. Petersburg due to the coronavirus epidemic. In particular, residents of the city were allowed to walk down the street without masks and gloves, and non-food stores were opened. As wrote , official data on the incidence of covid declined until the Victory Day parade and the vote on amendments to the Constitution, after which they began to rise again. Meduza