Covid pandemic killed 16.6M people

Covid pandemic killed 16.6M people – WHO

By Agence France-Presse

May 06, 2022 12:21 am

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.

World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. XINHUA PHOTO

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