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In January, too, the number of deaths in Germany was above the average of the previous months.
According to a projection published on Tuesday by the Federal Statistical Office, 103,804 people died this January, 18 percent more than the average in January of the four previous years.
This is due to an increase in deaths in the age group over 80 years.
In this case, the number has increased by 29 percent.
For people under 80 years of age, the increase is 4 percent.
A comparison with the number of Covid 19 deaths reported to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) is currently possible up to and including January 10, said the Federal Office.
In the first calendar week of the new year, 4881 more people died than the average of the four previous years, while 4966 Covid-19 deaths were registered, 375 fewer than in the previous week.
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The number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths reached a peak shortly before the turn of the year in the week between December 21 and 27 with 5453 cases.
Even with the total number of deaths, the plus compared to previous years reached a peak this week at 6620.
The development is still particularly noticeable in Saxony, said the Federal Office.
In the first week of the new year, the death rate there would have been 77 percent or about 887 cases above the average for the years 2017 to 2020.
Thuringia recorded an increase of 55 percent (334 cases), Brandenburg of 53 percent (353 cases), Saxony-Anhalt of 39 percent (273 cases) and Hesse of 34 percent (468 cases).