New estimates from the World Health Organisation show there were approximately 14.83 million excess deaths linked to COVID-19 across the world from 2020 to 2021. 9News
, revealed that coronavirus has been responsible for nearly three times the number of deaths reported over the same period.
Researchers compiled the figures by comparing mortality data from 2020 and 2021 with the number of deaths that would have been expected without a pandemic. These include variations in testing access, differing diagnostic capacity, varying reporting of cause of death and inconsistent certification of COVID-19 as a cause of death.Beyond what is directly attributed to COVID-19, the pandemic has also caused extensive collateral damage that has led to profound losses of livelihoods and lives.
These countries are Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Britain, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States.Brazil was among the 20 countries with the highest estimated excess deaths from coronavirus.
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