Experts estimate global COVID-19 deaths may actually be doubleDirect COVID-19 deaths may be more than double previous estimates, according to a report yesterday by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).The researchers say that, by May 3, global COVID-19 deaths numbered 6.93 million, compared with the reported 3.24 million.
They also calculate that the cumulative total COVID-19 death rate was 89.5 per 100,000 patients, going from 0.1 per 100,000 in Vietnam to more than 400 per 100,000 in 12 countries, led by Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Bulgaria.The researchers applied IHME's Global Burden of Disease method, which includes comparing all-cause deaths per week or month with the expected