Claim: Suicide is killing more people than Covid-19 in September 2021.
Fact-check: Covid-19 is almost certainly killing more people than suicide - Full Fact
Verdict: this is almost certainly untrue. we do not yet have exact numbers for either cause of death, but the evidence we have on 16 september 2021 suggests that covid deaths are probably several times higher.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2021-09-16T00:00:00