Nearly 337m life years lost: WHO
Nearly 337 million life years were lost in the two first years of the Covid-19 pandemic, as millions of people died prematurely, the World Health Organization said yesterday. The UN health agency's annual world statistics report also showed a swelling threat from non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes. The most dramatic finding, based on data up to 2022, was the estimate of how many years of life Covid had taken, WHO said. The pandemic wreaked global devastation and officially killed nearly 7 million people, with the true figure believed to be closer to 20 million. The WHO report lays bare how the broader impact of the crisis cut short the lives of millions of people. While the WHO officially registered 5.4 million deaths, its excess mortality data shows around 14.9 million actually likely died due to the crisis over that period.
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