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Spain's statistics office adds 18,557 to the national Covid first wave death count

Spain's statistics office adds 18,557 to the national Covid first wave death count

The number of deaths attributed to infectious diseases between March and May increased by 1,687% compared with the same period of 2019; according to the INE, one in three people who died during that period had the disease

SUR / ALBerto Gómez

Friday, 11 December 2020, 13:20

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Spain's national statistics office, the INE, has added 18,557 deaths to the official tally recognised by the national ministry for Health in the first wave of coronavirus up to 31 May.

The INE calculates 45,684 deaths rather than the 27,127 of the Health Ministry. Its data takes into account broader sources than Health Ministry does and is likely to be considered the definitive mortality figure for the first wave from now on.

Normally it would publish its annual causes of death in Spain study at the end of the year, but it has brought forward the information for the first few months of 2020.

Malaga figure

The INE's Covid death count for the province of Malaga up to the end of May is 439, 153 more than the official figure given until now.

Among the reasons for the difference is that not all the patients who died were tested for Covid-19 during the first wave, despite showing symptoms compatible with the illness.

According to the new figures, in one in three people who died between March and May in Spain had Covid-19.

The number of deaths attributed to infectious diseases increased by 1,687% compared with the same period of 2019.

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