Modi s top economic advisors decode Delhi s Covid-19 mortality puzzle
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Last Updated: Jun 10, 2021, 12:22 AM IST
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Today’s counterpart is registration of deaths (issuance of death certificate), and medically certifying the cause of death. Every plague has, and every pandemic will, raise questions about the sanctity of both these numbers. Pandemics strain the system, and the latter may not have been perfect to start with.
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Estimates and media reports about Covid deaths in India make the point that actual numbers are several multiples of official figures. That there is underreporting is certainly true, something also validated by experiences of other countries.