Only 4 of 22 coronavirus deaths reported on June 13 died within June, while the rest died in previous months, says the Department of Health.
During the briefing, Vergeire talked to epidemiologist Dr John Wong, who explained that the recent increase in reported deaths"has been due to late reports." He also noted that the median number of deaths remains"low at 9 per day."
Wong is a member of the sub-technical working group on data analytics of the government's Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases . He is also a professor at the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health.Vergeire added that the country's case fatality rate – or the percentage of deaths in the total number of cases – has gone down to 4.24% as of June 13, from 5.52% on May 31.
Wong also pointed out that the delays in the reporting of COVID-19 deaths have decreased over time."From a high of about a 22-day delay from date of death to [date of] reporting, right now it's only about a 7-day delay."
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