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On 20 March 2020, it was proposed that this article be moved from List of deaths from the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic to List of deaths due to COVID-19. The result of the discussion was moved to List of deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019.

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Split by country

I've seen it proposed a number of times that this article should be split by year. Surely it makes more sense to split it by nationality. This would reflect the other articles about the virus (we have COVID-19 pandemic in India, COVID-19 pandemic in Norway etc, not COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, COVID-19 pandemic in 2021), and would also probably more useful for readers/researchers. I have not heard of most of the entries on this list from other countries, but I have those from my home country, which are what I come to look at this list to check. Jdcooper (talk) 02:36, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• I thought about it as well, but then found that sorting by country was pretty easy to do for each year, just a click of a button, so forking it made less sense for me. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 00:45, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

George Cassidy (2023) entry has improper formatting

I could take a stab at fixing it, but probably smarter to let someone familiar with the formatting do it, so I'm just reporting it here. No grey background, a quick look at the code looks like someone just added the entry sloppily. I didn't verify if they actually died of Covid, btw. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 00:44, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Fixed not by me though. Lova Falk (talk) 13:46, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Deaths from the 2019–21 coronavirus outbreak" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Deaths from the 2019–21 coronavirus outbreak has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 July 21 § Deaths from the 2019–21 coronavirus outbreak until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 23:34, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Death due to COVID-19" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Death due to COVID-19 has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 July 21 § Death due to COVID-19 until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 23:59, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"People who died of coronavirus" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect People who died of coronavirus has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 July 22 § People who died of coronavirus until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 08:18, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]