A fourth wave is already threatening Europe, and meanwhile, the deaths of the previous three are counted. The Covid-19 pandemic has killed more than four million people, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Wednesday, adding that the real toll was “most certainly” higher. He stressed that “the world was at a dangerous point in this pandemic”, which is picking up in intensity under the impetus of new, more contagious variants, but also of the lifting of health restrictions.
The first case of Covid-19 was detected in China in December 2019, before this new coronavirus spread around the world to turn into the most serious pandemic for a hundred years.
Underestimated deaths
The United States is the most affected country in terms of both deaths and cases, with 605,905 deaths, followed by Brazil (526,892 deaths), India (404,211), Mexico (233,958) and Peru (193,588) ), the latter being the country which deplores the highest number of deaths in relation to its population, followed by Hungary.
These figures, which are based on the daily reports of the national health authorities, are generally underestimated. WHO estimates deaths could be two to three times higher.