True COVID-19 Death Toll Could Be Three Times Higher Than Official Figures
A land - by - country analysis of mortality in 2020 and 2021 , compared to former long time , indicates the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic may have been more than three times higher than official statistics . " Excess deaths " indicate more than 18 million people died in the first two years of the pandemic . However , the authors of the study acknowledge comb out deaths from COVID itself and the societal disruptions it caused needs more work ....