World Coronavirus Dispatch: Global death toll could be grossly understated
The world will officially record 1 million
deaths from Covid-19 in the next
few days, but the real tally might be almost twice that.
Actual fatalities from the pandemic may be
closer to 1.8 million -- a toll that could grow to as high as 3 million by the
end of the year, according to Alan Lopez, a laureate professor and director of
the University of Melbourne’s global burden of disease group. The coronavirus’s
rapid spread and ability to transmit in people who show no signs of the disease
have enabled it to outrun measures to accurately quantify cases through
widespread diagnostic testing.
Total Confirmed Cases: 32,230,923
Change Over Yesterday: 451,088
Total Deaths: 982,969
Total Recovered: 22,234,764
Nations hit with most cases: US (6,978,417), India (5,815,374), Brazil (4,657,702),
Russia (1,123,976) and Colombia (790,823). Read More
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