Lower-middle income countries are beginning to bear higher deaths burdens as rich countries get vaccinated

1. Europe’s high first-wave deaths meant the world’s wealthiest countries bore the biggest burden

2. Through the summer, the majority of deaths shifted to upper-middle countries like Brazil

3. High death rates in the UK and US meant that wealthy countries recorded the majority of deaths at the start of 2021

4. India is driving the rise in deaths in lower-middle income countries