Dead Russian Soldiers: The Death Rate in Russia Goes up by 10,000 in March

Yet the COVID-19 mortality rate remained the same

4 May 2022

After the military invasion of Ukraine started in March 2022, the excess mortality rate in Russia hit almost 41,000 people. For comparison, the excess mortality rate was 31,000 at the peak of the pandemic a year ago in 2021.

Mortality dynamics in Russia
MonthJanuary 2015FebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberJanuary 2016FebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberJanuary 2017FebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberJanuary 2018FebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberJanuary 2019FebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberJanuary 2020FebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberJanuary 2021FebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberJanuary 2022FebruaryMarch
Deaths174,723156,737175,810164,705154,855161,267155,922145,113154,600156,753147,626163,302169,771156,779166,307150,761160,437156,514146,874159,864149,829150,667156,836163,274179,410146,802161,610142,226161,000149,314143,413152,367141,652155,161145,248146,137165,836142,931169,408157,368162,805148,590152,478147,822136,140153,705143,519147,225172,451148,496151,913153,867154,539137,237151,554143,394139,051157,679141,331149,165164,075143,179152,740150,873172,914162,758181,479157,181170,717205,456219,872243,235219,769172,672191,320168,345162,283185,655215,265208,237201,945247,197257,292215,529192,952190,628201,120

The skyrocketing increase in the death toll cannot be caused only by the intensification of COVID-19. In March this year, 16,000 people died from the coronavirus, while the disease caused 13,000 deaths in the corresponding period of 2021.

Before the pandemic, 160,000 Russians had died on average in March over the past five years. In March this year, Russia saw 201,000 deaths.

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