The next epidemiological report of Covid-19, which the Minsal will publish this Sunday afternoon, tells a total of 8,935 deaths between confirmed and suspected cases, according to the head of Epidemiology, Rafael Araos, in the last balance.
Unlike today’s daily report, which counts 5,509 deaths, the record of the Department of Statistics and Health Information (DEIS) indicates that since the beginning of the pandemic they have registered 6,089 deaths with a positive PCR test, and 2,846 deaths without laboratory confirmation.
Dr. Araos explained that these differences “are explained because DEIS performs a analysis that includes more sources of information than those included in the daily report, which allows them to have more elements of judgment to be able to assign the basic cause of death exactly. “
As an example, he explained that “the number of unconfirmed deaths – also known as suspicious or probable – fell from the previous report from 3,000 to about 2,800, since 200 deceased cases that were considered probable they became confirmed deaths “due to a posthumous diagnosis of the virus.
“I can tell you that we are working to have a number that is closest to what is happening. That will allow us to take better measures”
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“This is something that is repeated in much of the world. It is part of the impact that the pandemic generates, and I can tell you that we are working to have a number that is as close to what is actually happening, which will allow us, on the one hand, to take better measures, and on the other, understand the magnitude of it, “he assured.
Finally, the chief of Epidemiology pointed out that this week the Minsal will sign “collaboration agreements” with different academic centers, which “will allow us to make a giant leap in terms of access to information and the generation of relevant indicators for public health.”
“We hope that as time goes by these differences will become smaller, and a number will be consolidated that will allow us to better understand what is happening,” he concluded.
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