More people died of covid at weekends, study finds

During the two years analsyed, they found the increase in deaths at weekends remained 'significant' during the early and later parts of those pandemic years. Picture: Denis Minihane

A study analysing covid-19 deaths across 10 countries found on average more people died at weekends than on week days during the pandemic up to March 2022.

The analysis of over 6m deaths between the start of the pandemic and March last year found: “the average number of daily global deaths from covid-19 was higher on weekends compared to weekdays”.