The websites of the government and Public Health France report Covid deaths in hospitals and in social and medico-social establishments, totaling 146,376 as of May 4, 2022.*
The Covid-19 pandemic was responsible for the deaths of 13 million to 17 million people by the end of 2021, which is much higher than the officially recorded death toll, according to a new estimate by the World Health Organization (WHO) published Thursday, May 5.
These highly anticipated figures provide a more realistic idea of the devastating effects (including indirect ones) of the worst pandemic in a century, which continues to cause thousands of deaths each week.
The new estimate by the World Health Organization confirms a much higher toll than that given by the official figures from the authorities of each country.
