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Judi Lynn

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Fri Apr 17, 2020, 05:10 PM Apr 2020

Ecuador Confirms a Discrepancy of 5,700 Deaths in Guayas, the Province Hardest Hit by Covid-19

Ecuador Confirms a Discrepancy of 5,700 Deaths in Guayas, the Province Hardest Hit by Covid-19
April 16, 2020 orinocotribune catastrophe, coronavirus, COVID-19, Ecuador, Jorge Wated

Some 6,703 people died in the first 15 days of April 2020 in Guayas, the Ecuadorian province hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, reported Jorge Wated, president of BanEcuador and designated leader of the Joint Task Force for the management of those deceased in Guayaquil, capital of this province. Wated stated that the average number of monthly deaths in this province is 2,000; that is, approximately 1,000 deaths in 15 days, so there was an increase of around 5,700 deaths.

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In the midst of such shocking news, the official offered what he called “hopeful” criteria, referring to the fact that “within the 24 provinces (of the country) there is a stabilization, including a decrease in the death curve, including Guayas,” according to the data provided by the cemeteries and the Civil Registry. He added that they have observed that “the deaths in hospitals are decreasing,” which he considered “encouraging”.

Although he spoke of hundreds of deaths pending burial, he specified that “the cemeteries are conducting burials daily,” in the case of Guayaquil, this after relatives have been made to wait a lengthy time to bury their deceased, which generated a funeral crisis in the city.

This week, the mayor of Guayaquil, Cynthia Viteri, pointed out that in the city “there was and is no space for the living or the dead.” She stated that the death toll provided by the national authorities is not real. “Patients die without ever having had a test, and there is no space, time or resources to carry out subsequent examinations and to know whether or not a person died of coronavirus,” explained the mayor, noting that in March “there were 1,500 more deaths” than in the same period of 2019.

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