: India recorded over 30 lakh Covid-19 deaths till July, shows analysis #IndiaNEWS The total deaths in India due to the coronavirus disease since the pandemic began in January 2020 till July 2021 could

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India recorded over 30 lakh Covid-19 deaths till July, shows analysis #IndiaNEWS
The total deaths in India due to the coronavirus disease since the pandemic began in January 2020 till July 2021 could be over 3 million, or 30 lakh, an analysis published in Science journal on Friday showed. This period includes the first wave and the devastating second wave of the pandemic. India had officially reported around 4,00,000 Covid-19 deaths during this period. However, several studies had shown that India was undercounting deaths.Multiple reports have pointed out that guidelines are not being followed in cases of deaths caused due to post-Covid complications and that crematoria were not maintaining proper records of fatalities.The research published in Science showed that the toll between January 2020 and June 2021 was between 3.1 million, or 31 lakh, and 3.4 million, or 34 lakh. Of this, about 2.7 million, or 27 lakh, deaths had taken place during the second wave of the pandemic between April and July last year. The analysis was led by researchers from University of Toronto’s Centre for Global Health Research. it conducted studies on three sources – a national survey and data from two government databases. The government sources are the Health Management Information System of the Union health ministry to report deaths by states and the Civil Registration System fatalities in 10 states. “Compared to...Read more

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