As many as 5,740 may have died as a result of Hurricane Maria, a new study has found. The official government tally stands at 64.
At least 4,645 people — and perhaps as many as 5,740 — died in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria, according to a new study published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
The official government death toll for that devastating storm pales in comparison at 64, a figure the researchers called “a substantial underestimate of the true burden of mortality after Hurricane Maria.”
https://thinkprogress.org/death-toll-puerto-rico-study-974eff374e7e/
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