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For the Netherlands, based on overall excess mortality, an estimated 20,000 people died from COVID-19 in 2020, [ 9] while only the death of 11,525 identified COVID-19 cases was registered. [ 8] The official count of COVID-19 deaths as of December 2021 is slightly more than 5.4 million, according to World Health Organization's report in May 2022.
COVID-19 pandemic is the worst-ever worldwide calamity experienced on a large scale (with an estimated 7 million deaths) in the 21st century. The COVID-19 death toll is the highest seen on a global scale since the Spanish flu and World War II
The global COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Europe with its first confirmed case in Bordeaux, France, on 24 January 2020, and subsequently spread widely across the continent. By 17 March 2020, every country in Europe had confirmed a case, [ 62] and all have reported at least one death, with the exception of Vatican City .
South Africa. As of 13 November 2021, excess deaths since 3 May 2020 was 271 311 [25] with 85–95% attributable to COVID-19, and the remaining 5–15% probably mainly due to overwhelming of the health services. [52] This was more than 3 times the official COVID-19 death toll of 89 476.
The CDC publishes official numbers of COVID-19 cases in the United States. The CDC estimates that, between February 2020 and September 2021, only 1 in 1.3 COVID-19 deaths were attributed to COVID-19. [2] The true COVID-19 death toll in the United States would therefore be higher than official reports, as modeled by a paper published in The ...
These effects have persisted as US deaths due to COVID-19 in 2021 exceeded those in 2020. [362] In the United States, COVID-19 vaccines became available under emergency use in December 2020, beginning the national vaccination program. The first COVID-19 vaccine was officially approved by the Food and Drug Administration on 23 August 2021. [363]
Place of death 25 January 2020: Liang Wudong: 60 Doctor (first death due to hospital-acquired infection) China 26 January 2020: Wang Xianliang: 62 Politician China (Wuhan) 27 January 2020: Yang Xiaobo: 57 Politician China (Wuhan) 31 January 2020: Wen Zengxian: 67 Politician China (Wuhan) 6 February 2020: Qiu Jun: 72 Bodybuilder China (Wuhan) 7 ...
This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease in humans. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal ...