Chile adds deaths in probable cases to official counts, spike in deaths March 21, 2022

[CSSEGISandData]

Hello all,

On March 21, 2022, Chile altered their definition of a COVID-19 death to be more aligned with that method recommended by the World Health Organization. This has removed the requirement for patients to have had a positive PCR test and has therefore resulted in a large increase in identified deaths. Read more details in the announcement from the Ministry of Health.

We are investigating a back distribution and will update this announcement with any changes.

[andrewcooke]

Is this still in progress? Looking at Our World In Data now (which I believe uses this as source) things appear inconsistent - the cumulative plot shows the jump, but the daily or 7-days plot does not. Or should I raise this with them (in the past when they I have questioned their data they have sent me here)?

[edomt]

Is this still in progress? Looking at Our World In Data now (which I believe uses this as source) things appear inconsistent - the cumulative plot shows the jump, but the daily or 7-days plot does not. Or should I raise this with them (in the past when they I have questioned their data they have sent me here)?

On our (OWID) side we've indeed hidden the correction from the daily charts, to avoid showing a huge spike in the number of deaths on March 21. But the data dump is still there and visible in the cumulative version of the chart.

[andrewcooke]

Ah, OK. If that's by choice then ignore me, thanks.