Covid pandemic killed 16.6M people – WHO
GENEVA: The Covid-19 pandemic killed 13.3 million to 16.6 million people in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimated Thursday — up to triple the number of deaths attributed directly to the disease.
The World Health Organization's long-awaited estimate of the total number of deaths caused by the pandemic — including lives lost to its knock-on effects — finally puts a number on the broader impact of the crisis.
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