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States hid figures, OBSh: Covid killed over 15ml people

2022-05-05 16:46:44Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

States hid figures, OBSh: Covid killed over 15ml people

Covid's pandemic has caused the deaths of nearly 15 million people worldwide, the World Health Organization estimates. According to the WHO, the number of deaths in the two years of the pandemic is 13 percent more than other years.

Who believes that many countries did not count the death toll from Covid, where only 5.4 million were reported. In India, there were 4.7 million deaths from Covid, the report says, 10 times more than official figures and almost a third of Covid's deaths globally.

The Indian government has questioned the assessment, saying there are "concerns" about methodology, but other studies have come to similar conclusions about the death rate in the country.

The methods used by the WHO are called 'excess deaths', where it is revealed how many more people died than would normally be expected based on mortality in the same area before pandemic strikes.

These calculations also take into account deaths that were not directly due to Covid, but rather caused by its side effects, such as people who could not enter hospitals for the care they needed.

Who said most of the additional 9.5 million deaths over the 5.4 million deaths reported by Covid were thought to be direct deaths caused by the virus, rather than indirect deaths.

Speaking about the scale of the figures, Dr Samira Asma, from the WHO data department, said it is a tragedy. It is a scary figure and it is important for us to honour the lives lost and we must hold policymakers accountable.

"If we don't count the dead, we'll lose the opportunity to be better prepared for next time," she said.

In addition to India, countries with the highest number of excess deaths include Russia, Indonesia, the US, Brazil, Mexico and Peru, WHO figures suggest. The figures for Russia are three and a half times more than the country's recorded deaths.

The report also looks at excess death rates compared to the size of the population of each country. Excess mortality rates in Great Britain, like America, Spain and Germany, were above the global average during 2020 and 2021.


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