Coronavirus in Spain: Covid-19 was leading cause of death in Spain between March and May with 45,684 fatalities | Society
Between March and May 2020, there were 45,684 deaths from Covid-19 in Spain. This figure includes fatalities that were confirmed with a diagnostic test (32,652 people) and those who had symptoms compatible with the disease (13,032), according to statistics released on Thursday by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The Health Ministry, which keeps the official tally, has identified 27,127 deaths from coronavirus confirmed by a diagnostic test to May 31. But not all people who died of Covid-19 in the first wave of the pandemic in Spain were tested for the virus; the INE now estimates that...
Source: elpais.com