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In Serbia, 960 more people died in the first seven months than in the same period last year, and only in July, when the highest number of infected and died from coronavirus was recorded, 1,700 more people died than in the same month of 2019 , writes Politika.
Referring to data from the Office of Statistics of the Republic, the newspaper reported that 10,023 people died in July, 1,317 more than in January and about 900 more than in February.
“In the first five months of this year, there were 1,360 fewer deaths than in the same period last year. From January 1 to June 1 of this year, 43,244 people died and in the same period last year, 44,604 people. Only in April of this year, when the pavidemia of kovida 19 reached its peak, there were 369 more deaths than last year, while in May the number of deaths was 348 lower than in the same month last year ”, he reported the newspaper.
It is also stated that since the beginning of the year, the highest number of deaths has occurred in Belgrade and the Western Serbia and Sumadija regions, so compared to the first seven months of last year, the number of deaths in the capital increased by by five percent, while the number of deaths increased by 3.6 percent.
“It must be borne in mind that these regions have the largest clinical centers in which they are treated and the highest number of people die, which is why the highest number of mortality is recorded,” Gordana Bjelobrk, head of the Department of Demography of the Office of Statistics of the Republic.
He added that the data for the current year are preliminary and that it is about registered deaths and not total deaths.
The data also shows that 35,210 babies were born in the first seven months, which is 626 fewer than in the same period last year, meaning that 1.7 percent fewer babies were born and 1.6 percent died. more people than last year.
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