[mkl]

> vaccine ... wasn't rolled out for another 9 months, during which tens of millions of people died

The total death toll has just passed 5 million.

[ericmay]

Official one yes. Idk about tens of millions but I’m also thinking 5 million is lower than the true numbers. Though I’m also not sure there is a qualitative difference (as much as it pains me to say).

[kragen]

Those are confirmed, diagnosed deaths. Presumably many people died without ever being diagnosed in places like Andhra Pradesh and Congo.