To measure those of events such as wars, researchers do not check how many dead people have bullets in them, but on something much more reliable: how many more died during them than one would expect in normal years.” “Fortunately, there is a better way to calculate death tolls.

“They typically rely on testing for the virus, which can be patchy, and use definitions which exclude indirect consequences of the pandemic, such as extra deaths in overburdened hospitals,” the report noted. Members of Global Justice Now protest carrying coffins through Westminster to highlight the global number of deaths from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain October 12, 2021. The Economist said official COVID-19 death tolls were-and continue to be-inaccurate.

It followed a study by US research group the Center for Global Development suggested anywhere from 3.4 million to 4.7 million people had died in India, between eight and 11 times the official number. It said in a statement however that several Indian states were now “reconciling” their data after dealing with a spike in cases in April and May. In July the Indian government rejected studies which suggested that millions of people have died in the country from COVID-19, several times the official toll of almost 420,000. Similar phenomena were soon noticed in America, Britain, Spain and other countries,” the Economist reported. “There were 1,140 deaths attributed to the virus in parts of Bergamo province in March, for example, but the overall increase in fatalities compared with the same period in the previous year was 2,420. The news outlet said that when COVID-19 first hit northern Italy in February 2020, they noticed that “something strange was happening.” The US leads the tally of global COVID-19 deaths with more than 750,000 casualties to date.īut a report by The Economist suggests the true death toll could be in the region of 17 million.

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