Officially, covid-19 has killed 3m people around the world. But statistical modelling from The Economist suggests the number could be as much as four times higher.<br /><br />Chapters<br />00:00 - How accurate is the official death toll?<br />01:25 - How to calculate the real death toll<br />02:10 - How to calculate India’s death toll?<br />03:25 - Where has the death toll been underreported?<br />04:14 - Where are excess deaths lower than expected?<br />05:06 - India’s second wave explained?<br />06:09 - Is India an outlier?<br />06:47 - Rich v poor world: how covid-19 has spread<br /><br />Listen to an episode of “The Jab” podcast: https://econ.st/3tNqYN2 <br /><br />Find all of The Economist’s podcasts: https://econ.st/3m8YJpG <br /><br />Find The Economist’s most recent coverage of covid-19: https://econ.st/2CQRUr2 <br /><br />Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter to keep up to date with our latest covid-19 coverage: https://econ.st/3l79OHi <br /><br />Read The Economist’s brief on modelling excess deaths: https://econ.st/3btaDqN <br /><br />Why we should vaccinate the world: https://econ.st/3hDyUyn <br /><br />Estimating the odds of hospitalisations and deaths due to covid-19: https://econ.st/3fkL4cj
