since the beginning of the plague mortality is similar to previous years

Data published today by the Central Bureau of Statistics, on the mortality rate at the height of the epidemic, raise few question marks about the prevailing attitude in general and about the corona in particular. According to CBS data, in 2020, until the end of July and especially in March-July, it is not possible to indicate a significant excess mortality in Israel, despite the increase in the number of deaths from the Corona virus and the increase in the number of deaths.
In the first months of the year mortality was particularly low, but since the beginning of the plague and especially in April-July, mortality is similar to previous years, with fluctuations between weeks. From a statistical calculation of excess mortality (explanation below) by weeks it was found that the excess mortality in March-July is about 300 deaths out of 19,000 deaths in that period
From the beginning of 2020 until the end of July, 27,500 residents in Israel died. In 2019, 27,550 residents died in those months. In these months, the gross mortality rate, which takes into account the size of the population, was slightly lower in 2020 than in 2019 - 3.0 per 1,000 compared to 3.1, respectively. Compared to the months of March to July 2020 compared to 2019 the mortality rate was almost the same.
According to the data, mortality from the corona virus in Israel is relatively low compared to many other countries. Out of about 19,000 deaths in Israel in March-July, about 570 people (about 3%) died directly from the Corona virus.
Until the end of July 2020, it is not possible to indicate a significant excess mortality rate in Israel, despite the increase in the number of deaths from Corona and their rate out of the total number of deaths. In the first months of the year mortality was particularly low, but from the beginning of the plague and especially in April to July, mortality was similar to previous years, with fluctuations between weeks. Three weeks were found in which the mortality was slightly higher than expected, a total of about 300 died. In the rest of the week the mortality is close to average and even lower than it.