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A recent study estimates that more than 85% of deaths due to Covid-19 in the first and second waves of the pandemic in India might have gone unrecorded

A recent study estimates that more than 85% of deaths due to Covid-19 in the first and second waves of the pandemic in India might have gone unrecorded

Factors like incomplete certification of deaths and misattribution to chronic diseases responsible for incorrect data

A sub-survey of 57,000 adults showed similar increases in mortality with COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 deaths peaking similarly, they said.

Hyderabad saw 130% spike in deaths during Covid second wave: Study  The study also found that the actual number of Covid-19 deaths reported from across the country might be about seven to eight times higher than the official figures. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- The researchers reported that the total number of Covid deaths in India could be anywhere between 27 lakh and 33 lakh. (For representational purposes) Express News Service HYDERABAD: The number of deaths in Hyderabad during the ...

Prof Anup Malani calculates the reproductive rate for the COVID-19 outbreak each day. Reproductive rate value is greater than 1 for all northeastern states

Northeast India could witness a surge in Covid cases: Report.

A health worker in protective suit takes nasal swab of a girl to test for COVID-19 in Burha Mayong village, Morigaon district of Assam (AP) NEW DELHI: The north-east could be poised to become the next target of the ongoing second wave of Covid, according to a forecasting tool based on data till May 21. Development Data Lab, a research organisation working on open data, and a team led by University of Chicago’s Prof Anup Malani calculates the reproductive rate (Rt) for the Covid-19 outbreak e...

Males at higher risk of severe COVID-19 and mortality in Indian case study Low- and middle-income countries have been heavily impacted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is caused by the infective agent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A new US-based study by researchers at Dartmouth College, the Development Data Lab, IDFC Institute, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Chicago shows that the infection fatality rate (IFR) could be ...