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The world s worst coronavirus outbreak may have claimed as many as 5 million lives in IndiaBy Bibhudatta Pradhan and Archana Chaudhary, Bloomberg
Last Updated: Jul 22, 2021, 06:31 AM IST
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As corpses floated in the Ganges and crematoriums and graveyards were overwhelmed, skepticism grew over the death toll of around 420,000 recorded by the government, which has used the ostensibly low mortality rate to defend India’s Covid track record.
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India’s actual death toll from Covid-19 could range between 1.3 million to a staggering 5 million, with even the most conservative estimate putting its tally at more than double the U.S., the highest recorded in the world so far.
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2 THERE was undeniably a nationwide shortage of medical oxygen in April-May, when the second wave of Covid-19 was most virulent. - File photo
THERE was undeniably a nationwide shortage of medical oxygen in April-May, when the second wave of Covid-19 was most virulent. Hospitals in several states, including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, had recorded deaths that were linked to insufficient supply of the life-saving gas. The Delhi High Court had pulled up the Centre for failing to comply with the Supreme Court’s order to supply 700 MT oxygen daily to hospitals of the Capital for treating Covid patients. During that period, the fatality rate had shot up alarmingly, with thousands of people succumbing on a daily basis. It’s reasonable to assume that some of those lives were lost due to scarcity of oxygen. However, the Centre told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that no deaths due to lack of oxygen were ‘specifically reported’ by states and union territories during the s
NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) - India s actual death toll from Covid-19 could range between 1.3 million and a staggering five million, with even the most conservative estimate putting its tally at more than double the United States , the highest recorded in the world so far.
The numbers, derived from research models and local authority data, range from three to 10 times the country s official count, adding to evidence that the true cost of India s outbreak has been massively under-reported.
As corpses floated in the Ganges, a river sacred to millions of Hindus, and crematoriums and graveyards were overwhelmed, scepticism grew over the death toll of around 420,000 recorded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi s government, which has used the ostensibly low mortality rate to defend India s Covid-19 track record.
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