LOADING ERROR LOADINGNEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic’s early death toll was much higher than the official U.S. count, according to a new study that spotlights dramatic disparities in the uncounted deaths. About 840,000 COVID-19 deaths were reported on death certificates in 2020 and 2021. That would mean about 16% of COVID-19 deaths went uncounted in those years. AdvertisementThe overall findings, published Wednesday by the journal Science Advances, were close to estimates from other studies of pandemic deaths during that time. Other studies that have estimated the actual number of pandemic deaths have taken those deaths into account.

Source: Huffington Post March 19, 2026 02:15 UTC