By: J.G., STA
A total of 17,575 persons died in Slovenia in the first ten months of 2020, up by 2.7% on the same period in 2019, the Statistics Office data show. When it comes to October alone, 2,073 Slovenian residents died or 26.8% more compared with the same month in 2019.
Interim data, released on Monday, also indicate that in the first ten months of 2020, 15,540 babies were born, down by 4.8% compared to the January-October period in 2019.
Between 1 and 22 November 2020, 2,100 residents died, raw data show. Interim data for the entire month of November will be published in early January 2021.
Excess mortality or excess deaths in the first ten months of 2020 stood at 4.5% compared to the average number of deaths recorded in the same period between 2015 and 2019.
The most significant deviation from the 2015-2019 period in 2020 was recorded in October – a 23.7% rise in the number of deaths on the same month in the previous five years.
The national tracker Covid-19 Sledilnik has recently pointed out that since mid-October Slovenia has been recording a large share of excess deaths.
The week between 9 and 15 November saw an increase by 81%, with the tracker’s data indicating that excess death growth correlates with the increasing number of Covid-19-related deaths.
Covid-19 Sledilnik has said that more detailed assessments will be possible long after the second wave ends.
However, current excess mortality in Slovenia is similar to the figures in the countries that were worst off in the first wave, the tracker warned.