Daily briefing: The death toll from coronavirus might be almost 60% higher than reported in official counts

Nature, Published online: 28 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01288-7

The Financial Times compared all known deaths during the outbreak in 14 countries with the average deaths in those places over the past four years. Plus: how scientists are discovering which COVID-fighting strategies work best and we celebrate 30 years of the Hubble telescope (and look at why it’s still going strong).

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