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How Kenya under-reported 20,000 Covid deaths last year.
Kenya under-reported Covid-19 deaths by more than 20,000, according to data from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
This was excess deaths by 5.6 times of the confirmed Covid-19 deaths. On the other hand, in 2021 Kenya had a huge number of excess deaths, at 45 per 100,000, which translates to 24,471 more deaths in the country during the second year of the pandemic compared to the years before the pandemic.
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Trying to Solve a Covid Mystery: Africa’s Low Death Rates
The coronavirus was expected to devastate the continent, but higher-income and better-prepared countries appear to have fared far worse.
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Kenya under-reported Covid-19 deaths by more than 20,000, according to data from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
This was excess deaths by 5.6 times of the confirmed Covid-19 deaths. On the other hand, in 2021 Kenya had a huge number of excess deaths, at 45 per 100,000, which translates to 24,471 more deaths in the country during the second year of the pandemic compared to the years before the pandemic.

How Kenya under-reported 20,000 Covid deaths last year
Estimating the excess deaths provides a better view of the effects of the pandemic

Trying to Solve a Covid Mystery: Africa’s Low Death Rates
The coronavirus was expected to devastate the continent, but higher-income and better-prepared countries appear to have fared far worse.

Trying to Solve a Covid Mystery: Africa’s Low Death Rates (Published 2022)
The coronavirus was expected to devastate the continent, but higher-income and better-prepared countries appear to have fared far worse.