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Centre rubbishes reports alleging undercounting of Covid-19 deaths
Updated On: 15 January, 2022 07:51 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
That’s Centre’s take on reports claiming undercounting of Covid deaths in the first two waves
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Funeral pyres of people who died of Covid, at a crematorium in New Delhi on April 27, 2021. Pic/AFP
The Health Ministry has rejected media reports alleging a “significant undercount” of Covid-19 deaths in the first two waves in India, saying these are fallacious, ill-informed and mischievous in nature. The Government of India has a very comprehensive definition to classify Covid deaths, based on globally acceptable categorisation, it said.
In a statement, the ministry rubbished some media reports alleging a “significant undercount” of the actual number of people who have died in India due to Covid-19 in the first two waves and that the final toll may be “substantially greater” crossing the figures of about three million.
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