India’s true coronavirus death toll may be 10 times the official tally, new report claims

India’s excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official Covid-19 toll, likely making it modern India’s worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research yet on the ravages of the virus.Most experts believe India’s official toll of more than 414,000 dead is a vast undercount but the government has dismissed those concerns as exaggerated and misleading.The report released on Tuesday estimated excess deaths – the gap between those recorded and those…

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