Hurricane Maria killed 2,975 people in Puerto Rico, according to the results of a long-awaited study commissioned by the US government, amid controversy over the true toll of the 2017 monster storm.
"The results of our epidemiological study suggest that, tragically, Hurricane Maria led to a large number of excess deaths throughout the island," said principal investigator Carlos Santos-Burgoa, a professor of global health at George Washington University.
"Certain groups -- those in lower income areas and the elderly -- faced the highest risk."
Authors of the latest report described it as "the most rigorous study of excess mortality due to the hurricane done to date."
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