The Ministry of Public Health reported that the 36 coronavirus deaths reported last Thursday are not 24 hours, but for deaths that have accumulated over an entire month.
The ministry then sought to reassure the public that it reacted alarmed when bulletin number 168 issued last Thursday through the Ministry of Public Health recorded the number of deaths from the virus.
Public Health revealed that the government will now put in place a new Covid-19 death and infection reporting scheme, which will segment the figures recorded over the past 48 hours and those accumulated in the following days.
During a press conference held at the Ministry of Public Health, Ivelisse Acosta, Deputy Minister of Collective Health, under pressure that the 36 deaths reported last Thursday occurred between 23 July and 23 August.Of that total, another 32 people died between 28 July and 23 August.Ten.
Of those 36 deaths, 25 were men and 11 elderly people from 14 to 92, it appears that coronavirus is also fatal in the young population.
Acosta stated that deaths are not reported on the day they occur, because of the required verification, and because you also have to wait several days to get the death certificate to verify that it was for Covid-19.
The official said that they did have a formula to discharge deaths immediately, so there were days when no center reported deaths from the pandemic.
“Covid’s effects death log shows a downward trend in August and are instances that correspond to those admitted in July and early August,” said Acosta, who indicated that the Statistics and Epidemiology team is making adjustments to facilitate data processing.
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