Spain registers an excess of 80,202 deaths from the covid-Telecinco

He Statistics National Institute place in 80,202 people excess deaths registered between March 15, when the first wave of the coronavirus started, and December 27, 2020 in relation to the same period of the previous year.

According to the death statistics published this Wednesday by the INE, between mid-March and the end of December of 2020 391,398 people died in Spain compared to the 311,196 who died in the same period of 2019, although this body counts deaths from all causes, not just from covid-19.

Week 14 of 2020 (from March 30 to April 5) registered the highest rebound of the year with a total of 20,767 deaths, compared to the 8,807 that occurred a year earlier, 135 percent more.

Another rebound of deaths in 2020 occurred in the week 45 (from November 2 to 8) when 10,599 people died, 2,922 more than a year earlier, a 38 percent increase.

Of the 80,202 excess deaths between weeks 11 and 52 of the year 2020, 38,438 were men and 41,764 women.

By ages, in both sexes the majority correspond to over 70 years old.

In the cited period of 2020 196,777 men and 194,621 women died.

A year before, the figures between March 15 and December 27 were 158,339 men and 152,857 women