GENEVA - Deaths from COVID-19 and COVID-related causes are likely significantly higher than what countries have recorded in their official data, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.Presenting its annual World Health Statistics report, the organization said up to 8 million deaths may be linked to COVID-19, more than double the official tally.WHO said an extrapolation of data suggests that globally, over 3 million excess deaths attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic occurred in 2020. RELATED: Fauci believes Biden ‘will attain’ July 4 70% vaccine goal"This is over 1.2 million deaths more than the reported 1.8 million COVID-19 deaths," WHO wrote in the report.This data suggests that COVID-19 deaths are likely two to three times.