A sharp increase in excess deaths in Ireland in December 2022 resulted in the highest excess mortality rate in the Republic since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic almost three years ago, according to new EU figures.
However, the latest EU figures also show wide variation in excess mortality rates with Romania and Bulgaria recording levels below normal conditions, while Hungary, Luxembourg, Spain and Malta all had rates less than half the EU average. Apart from the start of the pandemic in 2020, Ireland’s excess mortality rate was below the EU average until March 2022.
Mr Donnelly said the HPSC anticipated that there would be additional excess mortality for the 2022/23 winter period over at least 4-5 weeks between December and January.
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