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Puerto Rico hurricane death toll in the thousands, researchers say

Harvard University researchers say last year's death toll from Hurricane Maria is dramatically larger than reported. Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the study estimates more than 4,600 people died in Puerto Rico. The official government death toll is 64. David Begnaud reports from San Juan.
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