Global COVID-19 death toll more than double official estimates
The IHME is an independent health research organization that provides comparable measurement of the world s health problems and has been cited in the past by the White House and its reports are watched closely by public health officials. The reported COVID-19 mortality is strongly related to the levels of testing in a country, the IHME said. If you don t test very much, you re most likely to miss COVID deaths, Christopher Murray, director of…
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May 6, 2021 | 12:45 PM
(Reuters) â The COVID-19 pandemic has caused nearly 6.9 million deaths across the world, more than double the number officially recorded, a new analysis from the University of Washingtonâs Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) estimated.
Deaths go unreported as most countries only record those that occur in hospitals or of patients with a confirmed infection, the report showed.
The IHME is an independent health research organization that provides comparable measurement of the worldâs health problems and has been cited in the past by the White House and its reports are watched closely by public health officials.
CDC classifies India s COVID-19 strain as a variant of a interest over concerns the double mutant virus can spread more easily and cannot be stopped by vaccines
The CDC listed the coronavirus variant first identified in India, known as B.1.617, as a variant of interest (VOI) on Wednesday
This means officials believe the variant may have mutations that make the virus spread more easily, cause more serious illness or escape vaccine immunity
Indian authorities have referred to B.1.617, as a double mutant because it has two mutations on parts of the virus that help it hook onto our cells
B.1.617 accounts for at least 2% of COVID-19 infections in India and is believed to be partially responsible for the surge that saw 412,262 cases recorded Thursday
New Study Estimates More Than 900,000 People Have Died Of COVID-19 In U.S.
Medical workers wait to vaccinate people at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic last month in Hollandale, Miss.
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A new study estimates that the number of people who have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. is more than 900,000, a number 57% higher than official figures.
Worldwide, the study s authors say, the COVID-19 death count is nearing 7 million, more than double the reported number of 3.24 million.
The analysis comes from researchers at the University of Washington s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, who looked at excess mortality from March 2020 through May 3, 2021, compared it with what would be expected in a typical nonpandemic year, then adjusted those figures to account for a handful of other pandemic-related factors.