The Washington analysis only includes deaths caused directly by Covid and not those indirectly caused by the pandemic, including disruptions to healthcare.
* University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation's latest model suggests the US pandemic toll is more than 900,000
* That would be nearly twice the official estimate of more than 575,000 deaths
* It estimated the global death toll to be as high as 6.9 million
* CDC Director Dr Rochelle Walensky said Friday the agency is reviewing the data and may revise or update its own figure
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reviewing an estimate of global COVID-19 deaths from the University of Washington that is more than double the official count to determine if the CDC figures should be revised, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said at a Friday press briefing.
The analysis by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) pegs the global death toll at nearly 6.9 million and the U.S. count at more than 900,000.
'We will look at this carefully and work within the cdc to make decisions as to whether to count them as excess deaths or to count them as Covid-specific deaths,' Dr Walensky said when asked about the report during Friday's briefing.
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