The ‘unknown’ Covid deaths in rural India

 

The second Covid wave ravaged India as hospitals and then crematoriums ran out of space. While cities were first hit, the second wave of coronavirus soon reached rural parts of the country, where hundreds died due to poor or no access to good healthcare. Most of them were not even able to get a Covid test.

Covid-19: how many people have died? | The Economist

 

Officially, covid-19 has killed 3m people around the world. But statistical modelling from The Economist suggests the number could be as much as four times higher.

Brazil’s President rejects lockdown despite 370,000 Covid deaths - BBC News

 

Brazil has seen more than 370,000 deaths from Covid, one of the highest rates in the world. However the country’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, has refused to order a lockdown, to help control the pandemic.

Brazil hits grim new Covid death record - BBC News

 Brazil has recorded more than 4,000 Covid-related deaths in 24 hours for the first time, as a more contagious variant fuels a surge in cases.

100,000 UK Covid deaths: the highest in Europe - BBC News

 The United Kingdom is the first European country to record more than 100,000 deaths linked to the pandemic.

According to the University of Oxford the UK has one of the highest Covid death rates anywhere in the world.

Covid deaths surge in Germany India starts vaccine drills

 Germany has seen a surge in COVID-19 deaths over the past month. More than half of all deaths in the entire pandemic were recorded in December. Calls are now growing louder for Germany to extend its current lockdown.

Germany tops 10,000 deaths France surpasses 1 million cases | Coronavirus update

 

In Europe, governments are scrambling to contain an alarming resurgence of the coronavirus. On Friday, France became the second European country to surpass 1 million confirmed infections, following Spain earlier this week.

England had worst excess death rate in Europe between March and June

New figures show that England suffered the highest rate of excess deaths in Europe between the end of February and the middle of June. The Office for National Statistics compared the number of deaths with the five-year average. The death rate in England was 7.5% higher than in recent years. Spain and Scotland had the second and third highest excess death rates.

Coronavirus USA: Public anger grows as deaths top 140,000

Coronavirus cases are surging across the United States. COVID-19 has now killed more than 140,000 people in the US, and the case load is rising sharply across the country. California reported a record increase of nearly 12,000 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, while Florida reported more than 10,000.

UK has worst coronavirus death rate among similar countries

The latest comprehensive analysis of deaths during the pandemic reveals that the UK - and England especially - has suffered more deaths than similar countries in the G7 and Europe. Officially the UK government claims it's too early to make international comparisons. But when adjusted for size of population and the number of deaths expected in a normal year the UK comes out worst on almost every measure, compared with countries which are also past the first peak.