Death Toll in India due to Covid-19 Ten Times Higher than Official Count: Study
A new study reveals that the authentic estimate of Covid-19 deaths in India after the devastating second wave is close to 10 times the official count of the government.
As per the official figures, India recorded more than 414,000 coronavirus deaths, but various researchers and scientists have said that the number only undercounts the real death toll.
The study suggests that the excess deaths or the number of people who died beyond what is normally expected lies between 3.4 million and 4.7 million from January 2020 to June 2021.
The report was released this Tuesday by Arvind Subramanian, a former chief economic adviser for the Indian government, and researchers at the Center for Global Development and Harvard University.
The study says that the real death count was likely to be...