In Saxony-Anhalt, the population decreased by 8,105 in the first half of 2021.
At the end of June, 2,172,579 people were still living in the country, the State Statistical Office announced on Wednesday in Halle.
The reason for the minus is that more people die than babies are born.
This so-called birth deficit was reportedly 11.
Hall - 554 people.
According to the preliminary data, 7775 births and 19,329 deaths were registered in the first half of the year.
At the same time, around 23,600 people moved to Saxony-Anhalt, but only around 20,150 left the state.
In total, the population shrank by 0.4 percent.
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Further increasing corona case numbers in Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt is again recording increasing numbers of corona cases, but remains the state with the second lowest incidence.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) put the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the past seven days on Friday at 35.9.
The day before it was 33.1.
Nationwide, the incidence was 74.7.
Further increasing corona case numbers in Saxony-Anhalt
Slightly increasing number of corona cases in Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt has again recorded a slight increase in the number of corona cases, but remains the state with the second lowest seven-day incidence.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) put the number of registered new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the past seven days on Saturday at 36. The previous day it was 35.9.
Nationwide, the incidence was 72.0.
Slightly increasing number of corona cases in Saxony-Anhalt
Lift extended: the passenger ship gets stuck in the lock
A passenger ship got stuck on the bridge of a lock on the Danube in the Lower Bavarian district of Passau.
The 80 passengers and 56 crew members were uninjured in the accident on Thursday night, the police said on Friday.
Lift extended: the passenger ship gets stuck in the lock
As the statisticians also reported, all urban and rural districts lost their inhabitants.
The smallest declines, at minus 0.2 percent, were in Halle and Magdeburg as well as in the districts of Börde, Jerichower Land and the Saalekreis.
In Dessau-Roßlau the minus was 0.7 and was the highest in the country.
The population decline was comparatively high at minus 0.6 percent in the districts of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Mansfeld-Südharz and the Salzlandkreis.
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