Number of people who succumbed either directly or indirectly to SARS-CoV-2 since the pandemic struck is 14.9-million, says new World Health Organization report
Funeral palour workers bury a Covid-19 victim. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/TAFADZWA UFUMELI
The official count of deaths directly attributable to Covid-19 and reported to WHO in that period, from January 2020 to the end of December 2021, is slightly more than 5.4-million. But the numbers are also far higher than the official tally because of deaths that were missed in countries without adequate reporting. Even pre-pandemic, about six in 10 deaths around the world were not registered, WHO said.
The WHO said it had not yet fully examined new data provided this week by India, which has pushed back against the WHO estimates and issued its own mortality figures for all causes of death in 2020 on Tuesday. The WHO said it may add a disclaimer to the report highlighting the ongoing conversation with India.
However, other independent assessments have also put the death toll in India far higher than the official government tally, including a report published in Science journal that suggested 3-million people may have died of Covid-19 in the country.
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