According to the official statistics provided this Wednesday, March 23, by the Ministry of Healthin 2020 the deaths from Covid-19 in Argentina were almost 15% more than those reportedand more than 80% of them corresponded to people over 60 years of age.
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The Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti.
Provisional numbers recorded 46,380 deaths from Covid-19 in 2020an amount significantly lower than the minister Carla Vizzotti communicated: 53,259 deaths.
During the first wave of coronavirus, when there were still no vaccines and there were strong restrictions on movement and isolation measures, there were fewer deaths from the pandemic than in 2021, a period in which 71,601 deaths were registered, according to provisional statistics.
Beyond the figures, the measures adopted “to reduce the circulation of the virus Covid influenced the circulation of other diseases, such as respiratory diseases, especially in children,” said Analía Rearte, national director of Epidemiology and Strategic Information.
Despite the pandemic, infant mortality decreased
Likewise, a significant data was revealed in terms of infant mortality: decreased by 22% as there were 4,500 dead children against 5,745 in 2019. This downward trend was repeated (to a lesser extent) in all age groups, up to 40 years.
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Due to traffic restrictions, “Deaths from accidents“confirmed Rearte, while deaths from tumors remained “stable and heart disease increased a little.”
The global figures for 2020 register in total 376,279 deaths for all causes against 341,728 the previous year.
The National Director of Epidemiology explained that the increase in deaths is expected within the framework of a pandemic, “but in Argentina it was lower than in other countries, which was due to the sanitary measures generated in 2020 before the vaccines“.
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