Excess deaths doubled in Japan in 2022 COVID-19 could be to blame

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Japan recorded excess deaths of up to 113,000 in 2022, more than double the figure of up to 50,000 the previous year, according to recently released statistics from the Ministry of Health, indicating the possibility that the COVID-19 has directly and indirectly contributed to a surge in mortality in the country. rate.

According to estimates compiled by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, the number of excess deaths defined as the difference between the number of deaths observed during a certain period and the number of deaths expected during the same period was between 47,330 and 113,399 in 2022, compared to 11,475 to 50,495 in 2021.

NIID Director Takaji Wakita, who chairs the Health Ministries Advisory Council on Coronaviruses, told reporters on Wednesday that the increase in such deaths may be linked to the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, which has led to record levels of COVID-19 infections and deaths in Japan. Last year.

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