Talk:Undercounting of COVID-19 pandemic deaths by country

Words and phrases to watch out for
DTM (talk) 03:34, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * underreporting
 * undercounting
 * understating
 * under-representation
 * under-estimating
 * undocumented
 * undiagnosed
 * undetected
 * misrepresentation
 * overcounting
 * excess deaths/mortality
 * data gap
 * estimate
 * over-estimating
 * all-cause death data
 * excess all-cause deaths
 * suspected deaths

DYK suggestions
Abhishek0831996; any DYK suggestions? DTM (talk) 11:57, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I will get back to you very soon with a good suggestion. Abhishek0831996 (talk) 07:57, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Expand scope?
This is an interesting topic (and a well sourced article) but may I suggest to expand its scope to include the misrepresentation of COVID-19 figures in general? (not just deaths) — hueman1 ( talk •  contributions ) 16:01, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * If it concerns a particular nation then it can be added to the country's section. Abhishek0831996 (talk) 07:44, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Other countries
There are some more countries that would need to be added to the list, given the very substantial underestimate that emerges from data on excess deaths (see here for example):


 * Kazakhstan - 3,120 reported covid deaths vs 37,380 excess deaths between June 2020 and February 2021
 * Kyrgyzstan - 1,450 reported covid deaths vs 8,400 excess deaths between June 2020 and February 2021
 * Uzbekistan - 600 reported covid deaths vs 21,550 excess deaths between July 2020 and March 2021
 * Nicaragua - 100 reported covid deaths vs 3,840 excess deaths between June and August 2020
 * Tajikistan - 90 reported covid deaths vs 8,710 excess deaths between April and December 2020
 * Ecuador - 18,630 reported covid deaths vs 54,880 excess deaths between March 2020 and April 2021
 * Bolivia - 11,640 reported covid deaths vs 28,720 excess deaths between April 2020 and February 2021
 * Bulgaria - 15,860 reported covid deaths vs 30,130 excess deaths between April 2020 and April 2021
 * Serbia - 5,290 reported covid deaths vs 22,180 excess deaths between April 2020 and March 2021
 * Lithuania - 3,800 reported covid deaths vs 8,900 excess deaths between May 2020 and April 2021
 * North Macedonia - 3,310 reported covid deaths vs 6,320 excess deaths between April 2020 and February 2021
 * Poland - 58,400 reported covid deaths vs 101,280 excess deaths between April 2020 and February 2021
 * Bosnia-Herzegovina - 4,040 reported covid deaths vs 8,080 excess deaths between April and December 2020
 * Romania - 19,800 reported covid deaths vs 45,680 excess deaths between March 2020 and February 2021
 * Moldova - 2,980 reported covid deaths vs 6,100 excess deaths between April and December 2020
 * Albania - 1,150 reported covid deaths vs 5,880 excess deaths between June and December 2020
 * El Salvador - 670 reported covid deaths vs 8,770 excess deaths between June and August 2020
 * Ukraine - 27,390 reported covid deaths vs 55,570 excess deaths between April 2020 and February 2021
 * Iran - 24,120 reported covid deaths vs 57,020 excess deaths between January and September 2020
 * Belarus - 390 reported covid deaths vs 6,050 excess deaths between April and June 2020

All these countries show underestimates of 100 % or more.

The data about Russia and Mexico should be expanded/updated, too. As of March 2021, Russia and Mexico had 494,000 and 445,000 excess deaths, respectively, as opposed to 97,000 and 201,000 reported covid deaths.

--31.26.102.216 (talk) 14:03, 5 June 2021 (UTC)


 * I'm starting to add these to a table from The Economist page. If we can get reliable, verifiable, official sources that are more up to date, please add to or update the table. -- Jeandré, 2021-11-20t16:16z