The latest data published by INSEE Friday that after several weeks of increases, the number of deaths returned to its levels of May 2019 and May 2018.

After several weeks of increase in the number of deaths, especially in the regions most affected by the coronavirus, France found in May the same mortality levels as in 2019 and 2018, according to figures published Friday by INSEE.

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Between May 1 and May 18, 27,218 deaths were recorded on the territory, which is 6% less than in 2019 and 1% less than in 2018, according to figures still provisional. "Since May 1, there is no longer any excess mortality in France compared to the previous two years", explains INSEE in a weekly publication based on civil status data, which does not detail the causes deaths.

Higher mortality in Île-de-France

In March and April, mortality increased sharply in France, with a peak observed in late March-early April. In the regions most affected by the coronavirus epidemic, the number of deaths observed since the beginning of May also decreases: in the Grand-Est, 4% fewer deaths between May 1 and 18 compared to 2019 and 3% more compared to 2018, in Hauts-de-France -3% compared to 2019 and + 4% compared to 2018, and in Burgundy Franche-Comté -1% and + 8%. 

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Mortality remains slightly higher in Île-de-France: + 6% compared to 2019 and + 4% compared to 2018. As a reminder, the increase for the period from March 1 to April 30 is 89% compared to compared to 2019. Thus, deaths are still slightly increasing in all the Ile-de-France departments, except the Yvelines (-10% compared to 2019).

The first half of May, the drop is also strong in Southern Corsica (-20% compared to 2019), the Vosges (-19%), Haute-Saône (-16%), the Rhône (-11%) and the Moselle (-9%), departments particularly affected by the virus.