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.