Global Five Million COVID Deaths: A Reflection on the Health Care Systems

We try to look closely at the gaps in the official and unofficial data, the management of the COVID cases in 2020 and 2021, its impact on the health care systems, and the ways forward.

The official global COVID death toll crossed five million deaths recently, much less than other global pandemics in the past, such as the Spanish flu. We try to look closely at the gaps in the official and unofficial data, the management of the COVID cases in 2020 and 2021, its impact on the health care systems, and the ways forward.