The level of excess mortality in Ireland caused by the coronavirus pandemic fell last month, according to updated analysis of death notices published by the Central Statistics Office.
According to the report, Covid-19 resulted in between 850 and 900 more deaths occurring in Ireland in the five months from the start of March and the end of July than would have occurred in the absence of the pandemic.
This is down from an excess of 1,072 deaths reported one month earlier. CSO said the reduction has come about because less people died from all causes during July than would have been expected in the absence of the pandemic.