: Excess deaths in Haryana seven times more than official Covid toll between April 2020 and May 2021 #IndiaNEWS Haryana reported 60,397 excess deaths between April 2020 and May this year, The Hindu reported

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Excess deaths in Haryana seven times more than official Covid toll between April 2020 and May 2021 #IndiaNEWS
Haryana reported 60,397 excess deaths between April 2020 and May this year, The Hindu reported on Thursday, citing data from the state’s civil registration system. The number is 7.3 times higher than the official Covid-19 toll of 8,303 in Haryana during the same period.Excess deaths is the divergence between all-cause deaths reported this year and in normal years. While all excess deaths are not likely to be due to Covid-19, a majority of them are expected to be linked to the coronavirus disease during the pandemic. The diversion of healthcare resources for people with Covid-19 meant that many patients with other ailments may have failed to access treatment.As many as 46,283 of the total 60,397 excess deaths occurred in the months of April and May this year, which coincided with the peak of the second wave of the coronavirus in India. This was nine times the official Covid-19 toll (5,148) during these two months.India’s official Covid-19 toll is widely considered to be an underestimate of the actual number of deaths that occurred in the country. To estimate the scale of this, researchers have used data from the Civil Registration System to calculate and understand the difference between deaths registered during the pandemic years – 2020 and...Read more

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