Ab check rapid test: 14.9 million excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the last week, COVID infections and deaths decreased across much of North, Central and South America, with the exception of Paraguay, which saw a spike in COVID cases, and Belize which reported a sharp jump in deaths.