768K deaths in PH in 2021 highest since post-World War II
Isolation facilty for Covid-19 patients (File photo) MANILA - Registered deaths across the Philippines stood at 768,504 from January to November last year, higher by 154,562 than the entire 2020. This number hiked the country's mortality rate to 6.98 per thousand, as against 5.8 per thousand in 2020, according to data released by the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) on Tuesday, gathered from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The figures also set most the number of Filipinos dying in a year since after World War 2 in 1939 to 1945, according to PopCom. Ischemic hear...
Source: philippinetimes.com