The coronavirus pandemic led to nearly 15 million excess deaths worldwide, according to a new estimate by WHO. That number is more than double the official toll because it includes excess deaths largely attributable to overburdened health systems.
The WHO defines excess deaths as “the difference between the number of deaths that have occurred and the number that would be expected in the absence of the pandemic based on data from earlier years.”
Most of the excess deaths during the first two years of the pandemic were concentrated in Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Americas, the WHO said in a news release. More than two-thirds occurred in just 10 countries. “These sobering data not only point to the impact of the pandemic but also to the need for all countries to invest in more resilient health systems that can sustain essential health services during crises, including stronger health information systems,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General said in a statement.
Middle-income countries experienced 81 percent of the excess deaths, with 53 percent occurring in lower-middle-income nations. High income countries reported 15 percent and low-income countries reported 4 percent of the excess deaths.
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