In the most comprehensive look at the true global toll from the pandemic, the WHO estimates 14.9 million people have died as a result of the virus.
The WHO’s stark figure is 13% more deaths than normally expected over two years.
There are 4.7 million Covid deaths estimated in India alone, which is almost a third of deaths globally and 10 times India’s official figure of 480,000. Health workers removed the body of a Covid victim who died while isolating at home in the Indonesian city of Bandung Other models have also reached similar conclusions about the global death toll being far higher than the recorded statistics.
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