The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reviewing an estimate of global COVID-19 deaths from the University of Washington that is more than double the official count to determine if the CDC figures should be revised, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said at a Friday press briefing.
The analysis by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation pegs the global death toll at nearly 6.9 million and the U.S. count at more than 900,000. The CDC on Wednesday put its latest official estimate at 575,491 deaths in the United States due to the novel coronavirus.Other CDC numbers have also pointed to a higher overall death count from the pandemic. The CDC has estimated there were as many as 162,400 more deaths than expected during the pandemic through Feb.
IHME estimated total COVID-19 deaths by comparing anticipated deaths from all causes based on pre-pandemic trends with the actual number of all deaths during the pandemic. White House COVID-19 adviser Andy Slavitt said at the Friday briefing the United States expects to release around 10 million doses of AstraZeneca PLC's
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