Bulgaria already ranks first in coronavirus mortality in Europe

These are data that show how many people die per million inhabitants.

On average, during the last 7 days, mortality in Bulgaria is 15 deaths from coronavirus per million inhabitants per day, according to statistics. We are the second deadliest death rate in the world of 1 million people, according to Worldometers. The statistics are based on data from Saturday, when Bulgaria announced 129 deaths per day. That means 18.6 deaths from the infection per 1 million inhabitants. Globally, according to this indicator, only North Macedonia ranks ahead of Bulgaria, where the death rate is 18.8 per 1 million inhabitants. According to the statistics cited by our experts, in the last 14 days the majority of coronavirus deaths in the European Union per 100,000 people were registered in the Czech Republic – 23.4%, Belgium ranks second – 22.1% , and in third place is – Bulgaria – 17.2%, said the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic. They are followed by Poland – 14.3% and Slovenia – 14%. “Mortality from an infection is a composite indicator that combines the level of transmission of the infection, the level of morbidity and the level of mortality from it. This is a truly sad and depressing record. It reports failures in Bulgaria in each of these three levels. A failure in our ability to control and stop infection, a failure in our ability to make high-risk groups the least infected, and a failure to treat the sick and keep them alive, that is, not there’s nothing more to say. ”said European data scientist Dr Peter Markov, epidemiologist and lecturer at the London School of Tropical Diseases.

“You can predict that the number of deaths will continue to rise, given the number of people in intensive care units at the moment and that deaths are delayed by 3-5 weeks compared to the number of new diagnoses,” said analyst Tihomir Bezlov. However, it reported a decrease in the proportion of deaths compared to those diagnosed with COVID-19: 8.62% last week compared to 9.58% seven days earlier. “The problem is that the number of new diagnoses is so high that the number of deaths is likely to continue to rise. I think Tuesday’s data will show a new record for deaths,” Bezlov predicted. He says something else: even if we assume that we are currently on a plateau, with around 4,000 new cases per day, which is not entirely safe, our healthcare system cannot cope and it will lead to the re-equipment of gyms and others. public buildings in local hospitals, with all the dire consequences. More: “Coronavirus week in Bulgaria: some optimistic data, but increased mortality”