COVID-19 second leading cause of death in PH from Jan-Oct 2021

COVID-19 was the second leading cause of death in the Philippines from January to October 2021, accounting for 12.5% of total registered deaths.

Ischaemic heart diseases and cerebrovascular diseases remained the first and third leading causes of death, respectively.

During this period, 75,285 deaths were attributed to COVID-19 according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

PSA figures showed 51,514 deaths with the virus identified, ranking third among causes of death, and 23,771 deaths with the virus not identified, ranking eighth.

Combining the two classifications, COVID-19 became the second primary killer in the country.

The PSA registered 27,967 COVID-19 deaths in 2020, bringing the total pandemic-related deaths based on PSA data to at least 103,252.

This figure differs from the Department of Health's (DOH) recorded 52,929 pandemic-related deaths, as the DOH uses a surveillance system for its data.