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die Dunkelziffer (-n)  (estimated) number of undetected/unrecorded cases

Er vermutet eine beachtliche Dunkelziffer von Tötungen auf Intensivstationen in deutschen Krankenhäusern.
He suspects a considerable number of undetected killings at intensive care stations in German hospitals.

Related: die Ziffer digit, number, numeral; figure

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