Italy registered 746,146 deaths in
2020, the highest level in the post-World War II period,
according to a report by national statistics ISTAT and the
Higher Health.
Institute (ISS) on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The report said this was 100,526 deaths more than the average
for the 2015-2019 period.
It said the morality rate was up by 9% with respect to the
average for the previous five years.
It added that the regions with the highest increases in the
number of deaths were Piedmont, Valle D'Aosta, Lombardy and the
autonomous province of Trento.
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