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India has reported an average of 2,000 deaths a day since March 1 and it is possible that the coming days will see this number rise, even as the second wave and its fatalities are...
The scale of Gujarat’s mortality crisis Updated: Updated: May 24, 2021 23:55 IST Analysis of excess deaths from the civil registration system spotlights the systematic obfuscation in official statements Share Article AAA Analysis of excess deaths from the civil registration system spotlights the systematic obfuscation in official statements By all accounts, the mortality impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been exceptionally large. Crematoria, burial grounds, and, in some places, even riverbeds are full. Tragically, almost everyone has lost at least one person close to them. Given this r...
India is undercounting Covid-19 deaths. Here’s how to work around the problem A combination of proactive release of information by public authorities and responsible journalism could help get closer to the real toll. May 11, 2021 · 04:48 pm A man prepares a funeral pyre to cremate the body of a person, who died due to Covid-19 in Delhi. | Danish Siddiqui/Reuters For over a year, Indian journalists and researchers have been attempting to answer one simple question: what is the real Covid-19 toll in India? While large gaps exist in official data, the unconventional m...
Indiaâs COVID Death Reporting Is Broken But Hereâs How to Fix It Journalists are turning to novel sources, but they need to focus resources on the right data. Cremations at Lodhi Crematorium. Photo: Shome Basu Media11/May/2021 For over one year now, Indian journalists and researchers have been attempting to answer one simple question: what is the real toll of COVID-19 in India? While large gaps exist in official data, the unconventional methods being used by many in the media to uncover suppressed numbers also suffer from some errors. We explain what the problems in the numbers are,...
Updated: Chennai far ahead; rural areas lagging Share Article AAA A poster showing the message that vaccines are not available in Erode. File | Photo Credit: M. Govarthan Chennai far ahead; rural areas lagging An analysis of the district-wise percentage of people aged 60 and above who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Tamil Nadu shows a stark district-wise divide, with the performance of the rural districts being significantly poor. A yawning gap was revealed between Chennai and other areas when the number of people vaccinated is compared with the projected popula...