Pandemic Threatens to Kill More From Hunger Than Infection

Hunger caused by pandemic disruptions may kill more people daily than deaths caused by the coronavirus itself at its peak, the Oxfam advocacy group warned.

As many as 12,000 hunger-related deaths might occur each day by the end of the year as a result of the social and economic fallout from the pandemic, Oxfam said in a report published Thursday. That would exceed the peak mortality rate from Covid-19 reached in April of just over 10,000 a day, the charity group said, citing data from Johns Hopkins University.