COVID-19 pandemic deaths

This article contains the monthly cumulative number of deaths from the pandemic of COVID-19 reported by each country, territory, and subnational area to the World Health Organization (WHO) and published in WHO reports, tables, and spreadsheets. There are also maps and timeline graphs of daily and weekly deaths worldwide.

7,111,504 (updated 12 March 2026) confirmed COVID-induced deaths have been reported worldwide. As of January 2023, taking into account likely COVID-induced deaths via excess deaths, the 95% confidence interval suggests the pandemic has caused between 19.1 and 36 million deaths.

The latest numbers of cases, deaths, and death rates can be found in COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country. More international statistics, in table, graph, and map forms, are shown in COVID-19 pandemic by country.

The COVID-19 pandemic is the worst worldwide calamity experienced on a large scale (with an estimated 7.1 million confirmed deaths) in the 21st century. The COVID-19 death toll is the highest seen on a global scale since HIV/AIDS, the Spanish flu and World War II.