The Covid-19 pandemic has become the third top killer of Filipinos in 2021, according to Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
The Covid-19 pandemic has become the third top killer of Filipinos in 2021, according to Philippine Statistics Authority .
“By classification, COVID-19 with virus identified and COVID-19 virus not identified were both included in the 10 leading causes of death,” PSA said. Among the 17 regions, CALABARZON registered the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19 with 21,165 or 20 percent of the total COVID-19 deaths from January to December 2021.
This was followed by the City of Manila and City of Pasig with 2,976 or 14.2 percent and 2,075 or 9.9 percent of COVID-19 deaths, respectively. In the same period of 2020, the leading causes of death were ischaemic heart diseases, neoplasms, and cerebrovascular diseases.
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