Press release No. 225 of 13 June 2023
WIESBADEN – 81,114 people died in Germany in May 2023, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This is 4%, or 2,758 cases, above the median of the years 2019 to 2022 for that month. Coinciding with flu waves, death figures were significantly higher in January and March 2023 than the comparative figures of previous years. In February and April, the number of deaths was close to these median values or slightly higher in some cases.