Source: Yonhap News
As the death toll from COVID-19 is increasing, it is estimated that the death toll could reach 30,000 if you include the so-called ‘indirect death’ related to Corona.
The number of deaths in December last year when there was a shortage of beds was 31,634, nearly 5,000 more than in December before the influx of Corona, so-called ‘excess death’, which deviated from the normal increase in deaths.
In addition to patients who died while receiving treatment for COVID-19, it is analyzed that patients who died from complications after a full recovery or who died because they did not receive treatment in a timely manner while traveling to and from the emergency room due to lack of beds are analyzed.
In the medical journal ‘The Lancet’, a study result was announced that from January 2020 to December 2021, the total number of COVID-19-related deaths in 187 countries around the world was 18 million, which is more than three times the official COVID-19 death count of 5.94 million. I did.
Professor Kim Woo-joo of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Korea University Guro Hospital predicted that 13,432 people have died from COVID-19 as of 00:00 today, but that the number of deaths directly or indirectly related to COVID-19 will exceed 30,000.
Professor Kim also said, “The current number of deaths reflects the time when there were 200,000 new confirmed cases per day,” said Professor Kim, in that the increase in deaths and severe cases usually occurs two to three weeks after the increase in the number of confirmed cases. The number of excess deaths is also expected to increase.