The pandemic’s true death toll: millions more than official counts

Countries have reported some five million COVID-19 deaths in two years, but global excess deaths are estimated at double or even quadruple that figure. Countries have reported some five million COVID-19 deaths in two years, but global excess deaths are estimated at double or even quadruple that figu...

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Published in:Nature (London) 2022-01, Vol.601 (7893), p.312-315
Main Author: Adam, David
Format: Article
Language:English
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Age Distribution
Cause of Death
COVID-19 - mortality
Data Collection - standards
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Internationality
multidisciplinary
News Feature
Pandemics - statistics & numerical data
Reproducibility of Results
Science
Sex Distribution
Uncertainty
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Summary:Countries have reported some five million COVID-19 deaths in two years, but global excess deaths are estimated at double or even quadruple that figure. Countries have reported some five million COVID-19 deaths in two years, but global excess deaths are estimated at double or even quadruple that figure. Credit: Andre Coelho/Getty Relatives of a deceased person mourn during a mass burial of COVID-19 victims at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/d41586-022-00104-8