FILE PHOTO: Volunteer firefighters disinfect a Madrid's Emergency Service (SUMMA) ambulance after transfering a patient suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Madrid, Spain, April 20, 2020. Picture taken on April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
MADRID (Reuters) - New official data in Spain showed on Wednesday that many more people have died than usual this year than the recorded number of coronavirus fatalities and revealed a shocking 155% spike in mortality at the epidemic's peak in early April.
Experts believe the additional deaths include cases where the cause is hard to establish due to underlying conditions, and fatalities among people who avoided hospital treatment for other problems due to the fear of contracting COVID-19.
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