During the first corona wave this spring, more than 10,000 people in the Netherlands died from established or suspected Covid-19. The Dutch statistics bureau CBS has announced this on the basis of preliminary figures.
The number of corona deaths relates to the period from March to June. In addition, the month of April showed a peak of more than 6,000 people who died from the disease.
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In the first half of this year, a total of more than 86,000 Dutch people died. That is almost 9,000 more than in the same period last year. “The higher mortality coincides with the corona epidemic in the Netherlands”, according to the CBS.
60 percent of all corona deaths received long-term care. These are chronically ill, frail elderly and people with a serious mental or physical disability.
More men than women died
The Central Bureau of Statistics also notes that more men (53 percent) than women (47 percent) have died from corona. Almost twice as many men as women died from the disease among 75-80 year olds. The mean age of deceased men diagnosed with corona was 79.7 years. This was 83.8 years for women.
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