The National Board of Health finds more dead in covid-19
The National Board of Health's register of causes of death in Sweden indicates that the number of deaths in covid-19 is higher than the figures of the Public Health Authority.
When the National Board of Health analyzes its statistics on causes of death, they discover more deceased in covid-19 than the Public Health Agency reports. This was stated at Monday's press conference on the pandemic situation in Sweden.
- We find about ten percent more people than has been found so far in the tasks of the Public Health Authority, says Mona Heurgren, Head of Department at the National Board of Health and Welfare.
TT: Ten percent is quite a lot more deaths than the Public Health Authority previously reported. Why are they taller?
- The big difference is that we also have cases that have not been laboratory tested, but where the responsible doctor has documented that there is a patient with covid-19.
The National Board of Health and Welfare is responsible for the official statistics on health, care and care and causes of death in Sweden. However, since the causes of death are reported according to specific routines and must be coded according to the World Health Organization WHO's regulations, healthcare has three weeks to submit the cause of death certificate. Therefore, it has been delayed before the figures became available.
Now the authority has started publishing statistics on people who have died of covid-19 on its website. The National Board of Health has now determined the cause of death regarding covid-19 in approximately 1,700 cases, and it is the analysis of these figures that the National Board of Health presented today. About 90 percent of the deceased were over 70; only 1 per cent under 50 years, and half of the deaths have occurred in Stockholm County. Most deceased have one or more known risk factors.
- The analysis shows that there are about ten percent more deaths than the Public Health Authority had registered at the same time. The statistics that the Public Health Authority has so far registered are otherwise very well in agreement on an overall level. By that I mean who is affected, age, sex and underlying illnesses. But we have a certain difference, which is the number of people who die as a result of covid-19 until today, says Mona Heurgren.
Deputy state epidemiologist at the Public Health Agency Anders Wallensten points out that there will always be a certain difference between different registers:
- One way to see the total number of deaths is to then look at mortality, where you catch cases that may not even have been diagnosed by a doctor. We will have different secure data in different parts of this development.
The important thing, says Wallensten, is to have consistent reporting that can be evaluated continuously over time.
According to the statistics presented by the Public Health Agency today, a total of 2,274 people have died in the suites of covid-19 in Sweden so far. This is an increase of 80 people over the past 24 hours. The updated figures also show that a total of 18,640 have been confirmed to be infected by the corona virus in Sweden.
Wallensten emphasizes that the numbers are likely to rise further when the deaths of the weekend are reported to a greater extent.
- The last days are incomplete and so it usually is after the weekends. So we'll see how this is corrected in the next few days, he says.
In the world, nearly three million have been confirmed infected and around 200,000 have died.
The number of people receiving or receiving intensive care due to covid-19 in Sweden is currently 1,353 persons. Right now, 543 patients are receiving covid-19 intensive care.
- Today we report 1,073 available IVA sites in the country, says Johanna Sandwall, crisis management manager at the National Board of Health and Welfare.
Still, there is a rather uneven burden on health care in the country. Therefore, efforts are being made to distribute patients between regions.
- With regard to protective equipment, there is still a critical impact in some regions.
Protective clothing should be the most lack of, she says.
The Swedish Agency for Social Protection and Preparedness (MSB), together with Kantar Sifo, has investigated people's behavior during the corona crisis through surveys.
- A challenge for everyone right now is endurance, then it becomes important to follow how people perceive the situation, says Svante Werger, special adviser at MSB.
Mainly people worry about the economy, according to the survey.
- This has been the case throughout the investigation period, which has been going on for a month, says Werger.
Many also worry that unemployment will increase and that companies will have serious problems.
- The concern for the welfare system is also getting high figures.
The fact that care should not have sufficient capacity is also something that many are concerned about, according to the survey.
However, the worries seem to decrease somewhat during the measurement period, says Svante Werger.
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