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Reinaldo Albernás, obstetrician & gynaecologist
Costa Rica, Medics, Profiles

Reinaldo Albernás, obstetrician & gynaecologist

Reinaldo Albernás – an obstetrician and gynecologist at Hospital San Rafael de Alajuela, Alajuela, Costa Rica – passed away due to COVID-19. He was 54 years old. He was the first Costa Rican to suffer from COVID-19. 45 days later he became the sixth fatality in the country. Source: La Nacion Please help us in adding details.
Harvey Goldstein, statistician
Noteworthy, United Kingdom

Harvey Goldstein, statistician

Harvey Goldstein –a British statistician known for his contributions to multilevel modelling methodology and software, and for applying this to educational assessment and league tables – died of Covid-19 on 9 April 2020.   He was professor of social statistics in the Centre for Multilevel Modelling at the University of Bristol. From 1977 to 2005, he was professor of statistical methods at the Institute of Education of the University of London. He was author of a monograph on multilevel statistical models.   He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1996 and awarded the Guy Medal in silver by the Royal Statistical Society in 1998.   He died on 9 April 2020. It was reported that his death was due to COVID-19.