According to a study, the number of deaths due to corona virus infection is three times higher than the official figures.

The Govt-19 epidemic caused about 18.2 million deaths Globally, from the beginning of 2020 to the end of 2021, the official outstanding amount will be three times higher, according to a study published in the journal Friday. The Lancet.

Bolivia is the country with the highest mortality rate during this period. According to the authors of the text, in general, the Andean countries are particularly affected by the epidemic. However, experts agree Their study should be filled with further researchYes

“Official statistics on Govt-19 deaths give only a fraction of the actual death toll.”The authors of the study say that it is related to the epidemic.

If these data are true, the disease could be one of the leading causes of death in the world between 2020 and 2021.

The Official data provide 5.94 million deaths worldwide from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021.

Most deaths correspond to the difference between the number of deaths based on previous statistics and the number of deaths expected, regardless of the cause of death. “Therefore, mortality of all causes is an important measure of the actual number of people infected with the Govt-19 epidemic.” The researchers explained in the study.

“There are gaps between reported deaths and exacerbations related to the Govt-19 epidemic for a variety of reasons. First, Healthcare Reporting Systems generally do not list Govt-19 as the cause of death without SARS-CoV-2 testing. Therefore Covid-19 deaths will not be included in the official number in places where the test capacity is low. For example, at the beginning of epidemics, before the test became widely available, there were many deaths due to Govt-19 among the elderly in high-income countries, ”they added.

Then they added four other variables: “Second, national systems for recording deaths vary in their quality and breadth and the definitions used to calculate Covid-19 deaths.. Third, in the global medical community, There is no universal consensus on when the death of a person infected with SARS-CoV-2 should be declared a Covit-19 death. Fourth, other factors, including political considerations, seem to have prevented the accurate reporting of deaths in some places. Fifth, the extent and distribution of multiple causes of death may have changed due to social, economic, and behavioral responses to infection, including severe lockdowns. Under these conditions, More deaths may provide an accurate estimate of the impact of total deaths caused by the Govt-19 epidemic than the Govt-19 deaths reported.”.

The authors created a database Data from the statistics of each country and various models to predict the expected mortality rate if Covid-19 does not occur.

“Of the 12.3 million additional deaths, a significant portion may have been caused by infections caused by SARS-CoV-2, compared with the recorded Govt-19 deaths.″, The virus that caused the infection, they say.

These infections, derived from Govit-19, have not been effectively diagnosed, these scientists promise. On the other hand, due to the infection, people with other medical problems were not able to get proper hygiene, or suffered from health problems due to measures taken against the disease.

In addition to the Andean countries, Eastern and Central Europe and South Africa Sub-Sahara Showed the worst mortality rates between 2020 and 2021.

On the contrary, Australia and New Zealand, countries that have been almost isolated from the rest of the world for months, have the lowest and highest mortality rates.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has already warned that the epidemic balance could be two to three times higher than previously estimated.

As for Argentina, the report explains that until December 31, it was reported nationwide According to estimates of 117,000 deaths and investigators, that number should be at least 125,000; Maximum 165,000 and average 142,000. That is, 25,000 more deaths than reported And assigned directly to infection.

For their part, Chile and Uruguay deliver better results than Argentina, which, on the other hand, is far from the values ​​achieved in Brazil, which is one of the top 10 countries with the highest number of deaths.

With information from AFP