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India reported over 6 coronavirus victims on Thursday. This happened after one state updated its death records. This is the highest daily official death toll since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
- India in May struggled with a huge wave of coronavirus. Daily reports were reported about 400 thousand. new cases of COVID-19 and over 4 deaths
- Currently, the number of cases does not exceed 100, but it turns out that the numbers concerning deaths were seriously underestimated
- As a result of the correction of data from one of the states, official information from Thursday says about 6. 148 victims. This is a record number since the start of the pandemic, not only in India but around the world
- More information about the coronavirus can be found on the Onet homepage.
India saw a record number of deaths from COVID-19 on Thursday, 6 reported. 148 victims.
Previously highest death toll from coronavirus was 5 444 people died on February 12 in the United States.
Data from India increased after East India’s Bihar state (the third most populous state in India – with over 100 million inhabitants) updated its official figures on Wednesday. As a result of the correction, the number of deaths increased by 3. 951. The total number of victims in this state was therefore not 5. 478, as previously reported, and 9 thousand. 429. Most people died in the state capital of Patna – 2 thousand. 303.
It is not known exactly when the omitted people died, but this most likely happened during the second wave of the pandemic.
Where did this change in reports come from? This is the result of central government scrutiny after the judgment of the Bihar state court. In May, the government of Bihar was criticized for inaccuracies in the number of victims from one of the districts.
Indian health experts have long believed that rural data on test numbers and deaths are seriously under-estimated.
Dr. Prabhat Jha of the University of Toronto, quoted by the Independent, says that in the countryside, dying people are deprived of medical care, so there is no one to report COVID-19 data to.
According to other experts, the problem lies with the families of the victims. They do not officially report positive COVID-19 test results in the dead, as the protocol for obtaining a coronavirus death certificate is very complicated.
In May, The New York Times wrote that the true number of deaths in India could be as high as 600 and that the number of infections could be up to 15 times higher than officially reported figures. The Indian government, however, rejected these newspaper suggestions, calling them “unfounded and scandalous”
At the moment, official data indicates almost 30 million COVID-19 cases in India and 359 cases. 695 deaths. On the last day, 94 were reported. new cases of illness. At the peak of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, there were up to 400 in this country. illnesses a day.
The number of active cases is currently 1. 167
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