Deaths directly or indirectly attributable to the first wave of Covid-19 infections across 21 wealthy nations earlier this year exceeded government tallies by 20 percent on average, according to a study published Wednesday.
Looking at the period from mid-February through May 2020, researchers reported 206,000 more deaths than would have been expected without the pandemic.
But only 167,148 were officially traced to the coronavirus that has swept the globe since the start of the year, infecting tens of millions.
Many of the roughly 40,000 unaccounted-for deaths were due to Covid-19 but not listed as such, especially early in the pandemic when overwhelmed hospitals in some nations were unable to systematically test patients.
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