In St. Petersburg in June, a record number of people died in 10 years
In June, 7,106 people died in St. Petersburg, according to the Committee for Civil Registry. This was the highest death rate in ten years, Interfax notes . In June last year, 4,575 people died in St. Petersburg, which is one and a half times less than the number of deaths in June 2020. “Only in January 2016 and 2017, as well as in March 2018, did this figure rise above 6,000,” the agency writes. Fontanka notes that from March to June 2020, 23,930 people died in St.