“COVID-19 global death toll is 1.6M”
Social media posts
Facebook pages and groups. Claim dated 2 Jun 2020.
FactRakers rated thisFALSE
What FactRakers found
473,061 COVID-19 deaths worldwide were recorded as of June 24
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 June 2020. FactRakers (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 25 June 2020, 23 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
This check was done by FactRakers, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.