Global COVID-19 Toll Reveals 27 Million Deaths: Insights from Our World in Data’s Comprehensive Analysis
London, UK — The COVID-19 pandemic, which began its global spread in early 2020, has been a defining global health crisis, resulting in an estimated 27 million deaths by August 2024. This stark statistic not only reflects the lethal nature of the virus but also underscores the widespread disruption it has caused across health systems, economies, and communities worldwide. Initially detected in Wuhan, China, at the close of 2019, the virus’s rapid transmission underscored a …