According to provisional data from INSEE, the mortality record over a calendar year in France, established in 2019, was already exceeded on December 7.

As of this date, 46,703 more deaths than in 2019 have been recorded, for a total of 617,197 deaths.

The death record over a calendar year in France, established in 2019, was already exceeded on December 7, according to provisional data updated Friday on the INSEE website.

"Between January 1 and December 7, 617,197 deaths occurred in 2020," says the National Statistics Institute, which had identified 613,243 for the whole of 2019, a record since the post-war period due to the growth and aging of the population.

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