Filenews 25 February 2022
In the context of the annual recording of data by the Health Monitoring Unit, the Ministry of Health has updated its database on patient deaths, having recorded and verified all the data declared in the previous months to the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit.
As part of this test, it appears that the total number of patients who have died with the final cause of COVID-19 as of February 24, 2022 is 841 and not 834, as stated in yesterday's daily announcement.
Specifically, the 7 deaths reported late relate to:
- Woman, aged 64, who died on 04/03/2021
- Man, aged 81, who died on 29/03/2021
- Man, aged 81, who died on 02/05/2021
- Man, aged 77, who died on 24/05/2021
- Woman, aged 62, who died on 27/05/2021
- Man, aged 86, who died on 03/06/2021
- Woman, aged 81, who died on 12/08/2021
Therefore, as of today's daily announcement, new deaths with an underlying cause of death, COVID-19, will be added to the total number of 841. Of these, 522 are men and 319 are women.
The Ministry of Health updates its databases at regular intervals, aiming at the correct and complete recording of epidemiological surveillance data. For transparency purposes, the Ministry of Health will inform about any new data it records.
