The number of deaths in June stood at 21,337 (11,157 men and 10,180 women), 3,190 (1,707 men and 1,483 women) fewer than in May. The number of deaths of children under 1 year recorded in June 2021 was 75, 15 deaths more than in May 2021.
“The number of deaths in 2020 increased significantly in October, November and December compared with the same months of 2019, and in January and February 2021 there was a downward trend in the number of deaths compared with the last months of 2020, with their number still being greater than the one recorded in the same months of the previous year,” the National Statistics Institute said.
“In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2021, the third highest increase in the number of deaths was reported, after the increases in November and December 2020. Since April 2021 a downward trend in the number of deaths has been recorded, which has also continued in June 2021, with values that were, however, still higher than the ones in the same months of the previous year.”
The number of live births recorded in June 2021 was smaller by 639 compared with the same month of 2020. The natural increase was negative both in June 2021 (-6460 persons) and in June 2020 (-5487 persons). The number of persons who died in June 2021 was greater by 334 than in June 2020, the INS added.
11505 marriages were recorded at Register Offices in June 2021, 1853 more than in May 2021. 2250 divorces were formally pronounced by final court decree and in accordance with Law No 202/2010 in June 2021, 74 more than in May 2021.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)