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COVID-19 pandemic has killed nearly 15M globally, including indirect deaths: WHO

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World Health Organization is estimating that nearly 15 million died directly or indirectly from COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021.WHO provided a range of 13.3 million deaths to 16.6 million between Jan.

1, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2021, deaths that it said Thursday were caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.The deaths were calculated by finding the difference between the number of deaths that occurred and the number expected if there was no COVID-19 pandemic based on data from previous years.

2 new Omicron subvariants behind recent COVID-19 spike in South Africa: WHO WHO calls the deaths “excess mortality,” which includes deaths indirectly from COVID-19, such as from its impact on health systems and society.

For example, a death from being unable to access regular care due to health care being overburdened would be counted.WHO Director-General Dr.

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