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Undertakers of Sopema Funerals load the body of a deceased person into a hearse ahead of the funeral service in Soweto, South Africa August. [Reuters]
Official death tolls from the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to be a significant undercount , the World Health Organization said on Friday, estimating that the true figure of direct and indirect deaths could be two to three times higher.
Presenting its annual World Health Statistics report, the WHO estimated that total deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 were at least 3 million or 1.2 million more than 1.8 million figure officially reported. We are likely facing a significant undercount of total deaths directly and indirectly attributed to COVID-19, the U.N. agency said.
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