Centre trashes reports on ‘undercounting’ of Covid-19 deaths

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The Union health ministry on Thursday dismissed media reports based on a published research paper alleging that India's Covid-19 mortality count is much higher than the official figure, which is "fallacious and completely inaccurate".

"The reporting of deaths is regularly done in a transparent manner. All deaths are compiled by the Centre after being independently reported by states and UTs. To project that Covid deaths have been under-reported is without basis and devoid of justification," the ministry said.

There have been reports based on a research paper alleging that the Covid mortality count in India is higher than the official figure, it said. The study estimates that the Covid death toll in the country till early November 2021 was between 32 lakh and 37 lakh, as compared to the official figure of 4.6 lakh. Agencies

4,27,54,315
Total no. of Coronavirus cases in India so far

5,10,413
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India so far

3,32,918
Total no. of active cases in India

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