Hurricane Maria Caused 2,975 Deaths In Puerto Rico, Independent Study Estimates
The number from a study commissioned by Puerto Rico's government is much higher than the government's official death toll of 64.
Updated at 1:10 p.m. ET
Independent researchers from George Washington University have estimated that Hurricane Maria caused 2,975 deaths in Puerto Rico in the six months following the storm.
The researchers' findings had been long-awaited. Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossellรณ commissioned the independent study
