7 in 10 deaths announced as confirmed COVID-19 cases on day of or after demise

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7 in 10 deaths announced as confirmed COVID19 cases on day of or after demise

MANILA — Majority of those reported to have died from COVID-19 in the Philippines were only confirmed as coronavirus cases on the day of or after their demise, the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group learned from government data.Of the 1,011 deaths reported by the Department of Health as of June 8, there were 82 whose dates of death were not indicated, while 6 others seem to have erroneous data entries.

“If the DOH’s definition of “fresh” and “late” cases were applied to COVID-19 fatalities, nearly 9 in 10 deaths would be considered as late announcements. 803 out of the 923 fatalities with complete data as of June 8 were publicly announced as COVID-19 fatalities four days or more after they died,” the ABS-CBN IRG said.

However, it has become impossible to continue monitoring this because the DOH has stopped including the date of laboratory confirmation in its data drops released to media and the general public. “It’s erratic owing to the different operational issues that each laboratory is facing,” she said of the backlogs.

 

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