The COVID-19 pandemic killed 13.3 to 16.6 million people in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimated - up to triple the number of deaths attributed directly to the disease.
GENEVA - The COVID-19 pandemic killed 13.3 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 figure calculates what is termed as excess mortality due to the COVID-19 crisis, which has upended much of the planet for more than two years. The WHO declared COVID an international public health emergency on January 30, 2020, after cases of the new coronavirus spread beyond China. Deaths linked indirectly to the pandemic are attributable to other conditions for which people were unable to access treatment because health systems were overburdened by the crisis.
She said changes in mortality trends give decision-makers the information needed to guide practices that can reduce death rates and prevent future crises.
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