The overall death rate in Slovakia in March 2021 was 48-percent higher than the average for the past five years, the Statistics Office reported on Wednesday, adding however that the figure for March was the lowest in four months.
The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic had a negative impact on the number of deaths for the sixth consecutive month. In January, the overall death rate in Slovakia was 75-percent higher than the average for January in 2016-20, while the February figure was 67 percent higher in a similar comparison. A total of 7,232 people died in March.
Despite the drop in the total number of deaths in March, the Statistics Office still registered a high number in the 65+ category, for which the death rate was 52-percent higher than the average for the past five years. The trend seen in previous months was therefore confirmed, with eight out of ten deaths being reported for people aged 65 and over.
