The World Health Organization currently reads on its website that 6.2 million people worldwide have died from COVID-19. But more than a year of research to calculate the true number of deaths has more than doubled the estimate from the public health authority. According to the New York Times.
According to the World Health Organization, the true number is estimated at 15 million people, but these numbers have not yet been published.
India’s resistance to calculating these new numbers has delayed the release for several months, the Times reported on Saturday, citing more than 10 people familiar with the data.
A new WHO analysis tells a more deadly story about how the pandemic affected India, which suffered a massive wave of hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 last spring. At least 4 million Indians have died from COVID-19, according to WHO estimates, which is more than the country’s official estimate of 520,000 deaths.
The new numbers will make India the country with the most killed by COVID-19.
Researchers linked the deaths to household surveys, up -to -date local information, and statistical models, the Times said. Their findings will be released in January, providing background information on understanding the pandemic to help authorities try to avoid the following. The WHO told the Times it expects to release the numbers this month.
Many countries, including the United States, have had difficulty in accurately counting the number of deaths from COVID-19 due to inadequate testing, political factors, and other reasons.
Source: Huffpost
