Mortality in Ukraine: COVID-19 death toll reached an all-time high in March

In March, COVID-19 mortality reached another historical peak in Ukraine with 8,104 fatal outcomes (up 2.5-fold from February).

The death toll of respiratory diseases, which is counted separately from COVID-19, increased by 50% month-on-month and almost doubled year-on-year.

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Respiratory disease and COVID-19 mortality

Month	March 2020	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	January 2021	February	March
Respiratory diseases	1,167	774	712	740	762	885	1,213	2,501	2,735	2,812	1,953	1,504	2,256
COVID-19	9	243	411	449	525	928	1,735	4,050	6,184	6,175	3,922	3,014	8,104

In total, 64,938 Ukrainians died, with aggregate mortality increasing by 26%. To put it into perspective, the February to March difference was at a mere 2.5% in 2020.

As compared to March 2020, mortality increased by 34% in 2021.

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Aggregate mortality in Ukraine

Month	March 2020	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	January 2021	February	March
Total deaths	48,326	46,223	44,680	47,043	47,297	44,008	48,372	59,047	63,438	67,663	57,721	51,391	64,938

Mortality data is a crucial tool for decision-makers on the national and community level. Unfortunately, the data from the State Statistics Service of Ukraine is still almost two months behind, so we cannot realistically estimate the mortality rate in Ukraine right now.

We will update the data as soon as the Statistic Service provides the mortality numbers.