| 28,000 Missing Deaths: Tracking the True Toll of the Coronavirus Crisis |
| Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=54069"><span class="small">Jin Wu and Allison McCann, The New York Times</span></a> |
| Tuesday, 21 April 2020 12:49 |
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Excerpt: "At least 28,000 more people have died during the coronavirus pandemic over the last month than the official Covid-19 death counts report, a review of mortality data in 11 countries shows - providing a clearer, if still incomplete, picture of the toll of the crisis."
28,000 Missing Deaths: Tracking the True Toll of the Coronavirus Crisis21 April 20
In the last month, far more people died in these countries than in previous years, The New York Times found. The totals include deaths from Covid-19 as well as those from other causes, likely including people who could not be treated as hospitals became overwhelmed. These numbers undermine the notion that many people who have died from the virus may soon have died anyway. In Paris, more than twice the usual number of people have died each day, far more than the peak of a bad flu season. In New York City, the number is now four times the normal amount. |
t least 28,000 more people have died during the coronavirus pandemic over the last month than the official Covid-19 death counts report, a review of mortality data in 11 countries shows — providing a clearer, if still incomplete, picture of the toll of the crisis. 