The variety of deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic fell by nearly a 3rd in Spain within the first half of this 12 months from a 12 months in the past, however the sickness provoked by the virus remained the main reason for fatalities, official information confirmed on Monday.
Spain’s statistics company INE mentioned 20,915 individuals died from COVID-19 within the first half of 2022, in accordance with provisional information, down from 29,300 throughout the identical interval in 2021.
In all of final 12 months, COVID-19 killed 39,444 individuals, a 35% drop from 2020, and Spain registered 32,041 deaths greater than in 2019, the 12 months earlier than the pandemic began.
Total deaths from the virus because the begin of the pandemic reached 135,857 in Spain as of the tip of June 2022.
The spreading of the virus has slowed down considerably within the second half of 2022 after the newest wave of the extremely contagious Omicron variant subsided.
The INE additionally mentioned the variety of suicides rose by 5.1% within the first half of 2022 from a 12 months earlier, to register 2,015 deaths – essentially the most amongst any exterior trigger reminiscent of falls, drownings and automobile accidents.
