Excess deaths give a clue to uncounted Covid-19 deaths

The picture is even more stark in the cities & regions hardest hit by outbreaks.

In Ecuador’s Guayas province, 245 Covid deaths have been reported to date, but all-cause mortality data show *more than 10,000* extra deaths since 1 March compared to the average in recent years. pic.twitter.com/d5eh1pf4pH

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) April 26, 2020