I doubt we’ll ever know the true total here in the US, because hospitals were paid extra for covid deaths, and if a patient had covid, but died of a heart attack, I have heard that some hospitals counted covid as the cause of death. Also, the covid ventilator patients who died BECAUSE of being put on ventilators were also counted as covid deaths. I know some of you FR doctors may balk at the above, but you, especially, should know how hospital administration watches the bottom line. after all, the Bible doesn’t lie when it states, “the love of money is the root of all evil”.
“COVID patient” aka positive test = $18,000.00 ca-ching.
Ventilator used = additional $38,000.00 ca-ching!