How does COVID-19 compare to other major causes of death? The number of deaths from COVID-19 has passed one million in almost nine months.
The WHO has warned that could double if countries don’t take greater action to tackle the pandemic.
56 million people died in 2017, with cardiovascular disease the leading cause of death globally.
We may never know COVID-19’s real death rate - Here’s why:
- Experts estimate that coronavirus kills 0.5% to 1% of people infected, but this figure varies greatly with age.
- Increased testing and better treatments since the start of the pandemic, have seen the fatality fall, but there is still much unknown.
