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The level at which the continuous impact coronavirus pandemic on the country is undeniably staggering. In addition to the economic and social number, it is taken, the virus is responsible for about130,000 deaths in the United States, according to the latest data ofThe New York Times. But his ability to cost people that their lives are not limited to those who contract COVID-19. According to doctors and the analysis of recent data, thousands of people died in recent months because they were afraid to go to the hospital for fear they are exposed to Coronavirus.

Data analysis conducted byThe Washington Post suggests that in five states where coronavirus had been widespread, more New York, there was8,300 other deaths of heart problems in the last three months-A increase of nearly 30% compared to historical averages. Normally, theTo post Reports, heart disease is the leading cause of death to the US but at the beginning of the pandemic, campaign hospitals recorded a significant decline in the number of patients with serious conditions such asCancer, stroke and cardiac disease the amount that would generally seek treatment for these conditions. In other words, seriously ill people did not seek medical care either becauseHospitals were invaded by patients infected with COVID-19 Or they were afraid to do it because they did not want to contract the virus themselves - probably a combination of both.

In New York, a doctor stated that this collateral effect of the pandemic caused more than 50 deaths per day of heart disease. "Frankly, that would explain where all patients went"John Puskas, MD, a cardiovascular surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, told theTo post.

In a separate analysis, the disease control and prevention centers (CDC) felt that since February 1st,Between 20,000 and 49,000 more people died of all causes without relation with COVID only during the same time of a more typical year. And a recent research document published in theAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNALhave found that 35% of the thousands of "surplus deaths" occurred in March and April werecaused by something other than coronavirus, citing the potential reason for "secondary pandemic mortality caused by disturbances in society that has decreased or delayed access to health care".

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"All these patients who were usually present for cardiovascular care were not there," said Puskas theTo post. "Those who have had emergency rescue care has not received this care and they have become one of the statistics on your card."

WithNew cases continuously peak And the coronavirus showing no signs of slowing down, medical experts hope to take what they have learned from the first wave of the pandemic to better prepare as we face the second, possibly more powerful, second wave.

"These data emphasize the importance of not allowing our health systems to reach the point where they are so submerged that it dumped and affects people with other medical conditions in our community",Nahid Bhadelia, MD, Medical Director of the University of Special Pathogens at the University of Boston, told theTo post. "This is in line with what we were afraid of happening: that we lacked people in advance and that people were dying other diseases." And for more the resurgence of coronavirus, checkThis terrifying new statistic shows how fast Covid-19 is spreading.