New study claims 57% more coronavirus deaths than official figures – up to 900,000 in the U.S.

According to the study, the number of deaths from the virus may be as high as 7 million worldwide.

While the number of coronavirus infections and deaths is declining nationwide, one study claims that the actual number of deaths from the pandemic is 57% higher than the official count.

The study, conducted by scientists at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, was released Thursday and claims that the actual number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. could be as high as 900,000.

As of Thursday, the official number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. is more than 575,000.

The researchers said they attempted to calculate the true number of deaths “caused directly by the SARS-CoV-2 virus” by analyzing the excess number of deaths reported during the pandemic.

The study showed that the same may be true for deaths worldwide.

The reported number of coronavirus deaths worldwide is 3.24 million, but the authors of the study estimate that the actual number of deaths from the virus could be as high as 7 million, more than double the official figure.

“This analysis shows how difficult it was during the pandemic to accurately track the lethality – and, in fact, transmission – of the COVID virus,” said Dr. Christopher Murray, head of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

“And by focusing on the overall mortality rate from COVID, I think we’re shedding light on how large the impact of COVID has been now and may be in the future,” he added.

Murray explained that health services are more concerned with helping patients than with accurately counting deaths.

“We see, for example, that when health systems get a big hit from people with COVID, it’s understandable that they devote their time to trying to take care of patients,” Murray said.

Other experts agree that the actual number of deaths from the virus may be higher than the official number, but disagree with the study’s conclusions.

“I think the overall sense of this study (that the number of deaths was significantly underestimated and more in some places than in others) is probably valid, but the absolute numbers are not that significant for many reasons,” William Hanage, an epidemiologist at Harvard University, told NPR.

The pandemic has peaked in recent weeks in India, where hospitals are overcrowded and patients are being turned away because of a lack of resources. On Thursday, about 4,000 deaths were reported daily in India, compared with fewer than 100 in February. The total official number of deaths is 230,000, but it is expected to rise sharply.

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