Coronavirus India Latest Live Updates: What is India’s true pandemic toll? 40-50 lakh died due to Covid, says study

A health worker prepares a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V to administer to a beneficiary at a hospital in Kochi. (PTI photo)

Coronavirus Third Wave India Live Update, Coronavirus Statistics India Live News: How devastating was the second wave in India? The latest study by the Center for Global Development says that as opposed to the official figure recorded by the Narendra Modi government, India’s real pandemic death toll is ten times higher. Around five million or 50 lakh more people died till June 2021. This coincides with the peak of the second wave in India. This is the first time that any study has exposed the extent of the second wave horror. From swollen Ganga to round-the-clock pyres at crematorium grounds and non-stop burials, India witnessed an unprecedented health crisis. Arvind Subramanian, one of the co-authors of the study, says that instead of absolute numbers, the study is trying the bring out the sheer magnitude of the human disaster.

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