The number of deaths from Corona in March was 8,000, but the number of cremations soared by 38,000, and it seems that 15,000 deaths related to Corona outside the health system were omitted.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) recorded 8,172 deaths from the coronavirus in March.
The previous highest monthly death toll was 1939 in December last year, a 4.2-fold increase in the number of corona deaths in March.
The total number of crematoriums nationwide was 38,190 from March 1 to 30, an increase of 15,116 from the average of 23,074 from 2019 to 2021.
Excluding 8,172 deaths from COVID-19, more than 7,000 people died in March compared to the previous year.
The national cremation surge in March of 15,000 compared to the previous year was presumed to be related to the death prior to being confirmed by the corona infection, waiting for treatment in a hospital, or dying outside the medical system due to the exclusion of treatment. do.
The Dong-A Ilbo reported on the 31st that “the number of people who died in the aftermath of the corona virus will be twice as high as the official count.”
The Wall Street Journal report on the 30th excluded from the report the situation in which South Korea collidated with the private sector by forcing quarantine with prison sentences and massive civil compensation and mobilization of the Infection Prevention Act from the beginning, and the growing distrust of reports of side effects of vaccines as 'not related'.
In particular, the WSJ report said that Korea, unlike the United States, packaged it as a “trusted public health system,” excluding the administration-led quarantine system, where vaccines remain due to the unlimited allocation of quarantine budgets.
On the 30th, President Biden publicly inoculated the second booster shot to demand an increase in the quarantine budget, which was insufficient.
President Moon Jae-in used the booster shot as a way to “press the people to increase the vaccination rate.”