The Covid-19 pandemic may have been three times deadlier than the reported death toll suggests.
Globally, official reports through the end of 2021 show that 6 million people have died directly because of Covid-19. But researchers estimate in a new study that from the start of 2020 through the end of 2021, there have been at least 18 million more deaths than researchers would typically expect over the course of two years.Some of this excess mortality may have been missed in official counts due to lack of diagnostic or reporting resources.
Excess mortality due to the Covid-19 pandemic varied widely within the United States, according to the study. Per capita, it was estimated to be nearly twice as high in Mississippi as it was in the nation overall, for example, but only half as high in Washington state."Some excess deaths in Texas are the result of the blackout there last year.
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