Penza, 8 June 2021. PenzaNews. 7 788 people died in Penza region in January-April 2021, which is 1 275 more than in the same period of 2020; the increase was 19.6%. This was evidenced by data of Rosstat.

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The number of children born in the region in the four months of this year was 2 848. This is 248 fewer children than in the same period last year. The decrease is 8%.

Thus, the natural decline in the population in Penza region, that is, the excess of the number of deaths over the number of births, amounted to 4 940 people in January-April 2021.

At the end of the four months of 2020, it was 3 417 people.