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Photos: Global Covid-19 deaths more than double official estimates, says IMHE
The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), an independent health research organization that provides comparable measurement of the world’s health problems, has been cited in the past by the White House and its reports are watched closely by public health officials. A new analysis by the IHME estimates that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused nearly 6.9 million deaths across the world, more than double the number officially recorded. The report only includes deaths caused directly by the virus, not deaths caused by the pandemic’s disruption to healthcare systems and communities.
Published on: May 8, 2021 4:24 PM IST
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Relatives of a Covid-19 victim seen under an umbrella as it rains during a mass cremation in Seemapuri, New Delhi on May 6. According to a new analysis from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), the Covid-19 pandemic has caused nearly 6.9 million deaths across the world, more than double the number officially recorded, Reuters reported. (Ajay Aggarwal / HT Photo)
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An activist from the NGO "Rio de Paz" digs a mock grave in the sand by symbolic body bags on Copacabana beach to protest the government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 30. Deaths go unreported as most countries only record those that occur in hospitals or of patients with confirmed infection, Reuters reported citing IHME analysis. (Lucas Dumphreys / AP)
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Relatives seen next to the body of a Covid-19 victim during a burial on the outskirts of Srinagar on May 4. The reported Covid-19 mortality is strongly related to the levels of testing in a country, the IHME said. (Danish Ismail / REUTERS)
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Workers building cremation platforms in an empty lot in New Delhi on May 5. “If you don’t test very much, you’re most likely to miss Covid deaths,” Christopher Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, said in a briefing with journalists. (Money Sharma / AFP)
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Relatives collecting firewood for the cremation of a person who died of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at a cremation ground in New Delhi, on May 4. 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. (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP)
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Nepalese army personnel in PPE pay tribute to Covid-19 victims before cremating their bodies near Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal on May 7. IHME estimated total COVID-19 deaths by comparing anticipated deaths from all causes based on pre-pandemic trends with the actual number of all deaths caused during the pandemic. (Niranjan Shrestha / AP)
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A relative of a Covid-19 victim breaks down during the cremation, on the banks of the river Ganga at Garhmukteshwar in Uttar Pradesh, India on May 6. In the United States, the analysis estimated Covid-19 related deaths at more than 905,000. Official figures from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on May 5 estimated 575,491 deaths due to the novel coronavirus, Reuters reported. (Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS)
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