COVID Killed 15 Million In 2020-21: WHO
The COVID-19 pandemic killed around 15 million people worldwide in 2020 and 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated Thursday – nearly triple the number of deaths officially attributed to the disease.The WHO’s long-awaited estimate of the total number of deaths caused by the pandemic – including lives lost to its knock-on effects – finally puts a number on the broader impact of the crisis.The figures give a more realistic picture of the worst pandemic in a century, which has, accor