Death numbers in September above the average of previous years - but it is not due to Corona

As "Destatis" announced, more people died in Germany in September than the average in recent years - but the corona does not explain the value.

• The

  Federal Statistical Office

  states that there was a five percent increase in the number of

  deaths

  in September

  .

• However, the

  coronavirus *

  had little impact on the numbers.

• Covid-19 last made a bigger difference in the number of deaths in April.

Munich

- Although the

again in September, this did not affect the number of

compared to the previous years

.

This was

stated by the

in a press release.

According to preliminary results, 73,010 people died in Germany in September.

Compared to the average for the years 2016 to 2019, this is an increase of five percent.

"The data on confirmed

deaths that are reported to the

cannot explain the above-average number of deaths," it says.

According to the

, there were 192 deaths in September of people who had previously been laboratory-confirmed with corona.

Compared with the same months of the previous year, the number of deaths in September would have risen consistently since 2015.

Death numbers in September: proportion of elderly people probably the main cause

Seasonal influences such as

for the month are atypical.

"Without these effects, the increasing proportion of older people is the main reason for the continuous increase in the number of deaths.", Explains Destasis.

The number of deaths in September was 5% above the average of previous years - apparently not due to # COVID19 deaths.

You can find more information in our press release: https://t.co/5a9ppRrvQX pic.twitter.com/pNBvbrEnht

- Federal Statistical Office (@destatis) October 30, 2020

In April, the influence of the

on the death rate in Germany was even more pronounced.

Since there were more cases in the spring than in September and the hospitals and intensive care units were less well equipped for the novel virus, 6,035 people died in connection with Covid-19.

Accordingly, the number of deaths was a full ten percent above the average for previous years.

Between May and July, deaths were in line with the previous year's average from 2016 to 2019. Only in August did the numbers rise again to six percent.

But this is due to the

.