PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (164): USA mortality, Japan Olympics, vaccine, dengue assoc. WHO

COVID-19 — United States
A new study [see comment below] estimates that the number of people who have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. is more than 900 000, a number 57% higher than official figures.
Worldwide, the study’s authors say, the COVID-19 death count is nearing 7 million, more than double the reported number of 3.24 million. []
The analysis comes from researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation [IHME], who looked at excess mortality from March 2020 through 3