The preliminary number of registered deaths from January to December 2020 reached 601,811, lower than the total registered deaths of 620,414 in the same period in 2019. While registered monthly deaths in 2020 were lower than their respective months in the previous year, July, August, and September already recorded higher deaths at 54,300 (9.7% growth), 56,620 (12.6% growth) and 53,709 (3.2% growth), respectively. (Figure 1 and Table 1)