Global excess and reported COVID-19 deaths and death rates per 100,000 population according to the WHO study
Excess deaths relative to expected deaths (the patterns indicate the quality of the all-cause mortality data that were available for each respective country
5. Daths from COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Azerbaijan The COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Azerbaijan when its first case was confirmed in February 2020.mIn early June 2020, complete lockdowns were introduced in major cities, including the capital Baku, effective from June 5 to June 8.
Conclusions Just as with confirmed cases, the number of deaths reported on a given day does not necessarily reflect the actual number of COVID-19 deaths on that day, or in the previous 24 hours. This is due to lags and delays in reporting.
Delays can occur for several reasons:
After a death certificate has been completed, inspection by post-mortem or laboratory testing may be required to verify the cause of death.
Death certificates are then either automatically or manually coded. It is often the case that COVID-19 deaths are always manually coded (e.g., this is the case in the USA).
There can be significant delays in this coding process, particularly when there is a large increase in the number of deaths (e.g., this averages 7 days in the US).
These figures are then collected in national registration statistics and reported to international sources.
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