The impact of COVID-19 on global health goals
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COVID-19 responsible for at least 3 million excess deaths in 2020.
As of 31 December 2020, COVID-19 had infected over 82 million people and killed more than 1.8 million worldwide. But preliminary estimates suggest the total number of global ‘excess deaths’ directly and indirectly attributable to COVID-19 in 2020 amount to at least 3 million, 1.2 million higher than the official figures reported by countries to WHO.
With the latest COVID-19 deaths reported to WHO now exceeding 3.3 million, ba...
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