The World Health Organisation (WHO) has put the number of Covid-19 deaths in India at around 4.7 million, which is the highest in the world. The deaths, according to the report released on Thursday, could be directly due to the disease or indirectly caused by the pandemic's impact on health systems and society. India's Covid toll is approximately a third of the global death number, the report said.
The WHO estimate of Covid deaths in India is 10-times the official count, and the government has strongly rejected the figure and the methodology. In an official statement, the Union Health Ministry said that India had been consistently objecting to the methodology adopted by WHO to project excess mortality estimates based on mathematical models. “Despite India's objection to the process, methodology, and outcome of this modelling exercise, WHO has released the excess mortality estimates without adequately addressing India's concerns," the Health Ministry said.
India's official Covid death toll is 481,486 between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021.
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