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Share on PinterestA recent study asks if experts may have underestimated the COVID-19 death toll.A new study has found that in the U.S., up to 35% of excess deaths during the early phase of the pandemic may not have been directly due to COVID-19.The research, which now appears in the journal JAMA, suggests that experts…

MADISON (WKOW) -- The percentage of new COVID-19 tests in Wisconsin to come back positive dropped slightly Sunday as the number of tests done decreased. The Department of Health Services reported 4,996 new test results, of which 522--or 10.4 percent--came back positive, according to the numbers released today. Measuring the percentage of new cases returned…

Gauteng recorded nearly half of all fatalities reported on Sunday.Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced that 71 of the 173 new deaths in SA were from Gauteng.Confirmed Covid-19 cases is at 196 750, an increase of 8 773 cases.Gauteng had nearly half of all fatalities in the country on Sunday, with Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announcing…

Funeral gathering. (Photo: Getty/Gallo Images) The South African Medical Research Council says the number of deaths has surged significantly higher than expected.The number of deaths from unnatural causes, such as road traffic fatalities and homicides, was slightly below the predicted number.Between 6 May and 23 June 2020, there have been 4 039 deaths from natural…

The UK's NHS health workers in PPE attend to a patient at St Thomas Hospital in London. Justin Setterfield/Getty Images In the past 24 hours, illnesses related to the coronavirus have claimed 92 more deaths.The total number of deaths is now at 2 749.The cumulative number of confirmed cases in South Africa is 159 333,…