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Coronavirus | Spike in excess deaths during pandemic

Updated - June 02, 2022 12:45 am IST

Relatives perform last rites of COVID-19 victims at Adarsh Nagar Moksha Dham, amid surge coronavirus cases in Jaipur.

Relatives perform last rites of COVID-19 victims at Adarsh Nagar Moksha Dham, amid surge coronavirus cases in Jaipur.

The World Health Organisation has estimated that world over, COVID-19 deaths could be two-three times the officially reported numbers. Public health experts, disease modellers, and research institutes which specialise in morbidity and mortality data have estimated that COVID-19 deaths in India could be in the range of three to 14 times the officially reported number of deaths.

As per ground reports, there has been under-reporting of COVID-19 deaths during the second wave of infections in India. Here are investigations into official death tolls and registered deaths across cities and States in India.

Published - June 21, 2021 09:51 am IST

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A scene outside Punjabi Bagh cremation ground in New Delhi on June 14, 2020.
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Ambulances wait at a crematorium in Chennai on May 13, 2021.
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Estimating the deaths due to COVID-19 in Chennai
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Pyres burn at a crematorium in Delhi on April 29, 2021.
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‘Excess deaths’ in Delhi two times official COVID-19 toll
Vignesh Radhakrishnan
Close up of a COVID-19 text tag on paper
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Lessons from India’s all-cause mortality data
Aashish Gupta,Murad Banaji
A scene outside a hospital. Photo used for representation purpose only. File
CRS data
Excess deaths in Maharashtra were at least 3 times the official COVID toll
Srinivasan Ramani
A health worker collects nasal swab samples from a woman to test for COVID-19 at a hospital in Amritsar.
CRS data
Punjab ‘excess deaths’ three times official toll
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Relatives perform last rites of COVID-19 victims at Adarsh Nagar Moksha Dham, amid surge coronavirus cases in Jaipur.
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Data | India's excess deaths could be highest among nations with the most recorded COVID-19 fatalities
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Kolkata Municipal Corporation workers sanitise their hands before carrying a COVID-19 victim’s body to a crematorium in Kolkata. File
CRS data
Excess deaths in West Bengal 11 times official COVID-19 tally
Srinivasan Ramani
Photo used for representation purpose only.
Coronavirus |
Himachal Pradesh ‘excess deaths’ twice the official COVID-19 toll
Srinivasan Ramani
A vendor donning PPE kit sells fruits and vegetables at a containment zone in Chandigarh. File
COVID-19 deaths |
Coronavirus | Chandigarh bucks ‘excess deaths’ trend
Srinivasan Ramani,Vikas Vasudeva
A crematorium in Gurugram. File
COVID deaths |
‘Excess deaths’ in Haryana seven times official COVID-19 toll
Srinivasan Ramani
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Andhra Pradesh
Was Vizag’s COVID-19 toll under-reported?
Sumit Bhattacharjee
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COVID-19 death toll |
Excess deaths in Rajasthan are at least five times the official COVID-19 tally
Srinivasan Ramani
Image used for representation purpose only.
Other States
Chhattisgarh’s excess deaths at least 4.8 times COVID-19 toll
Srinivasan Ramani,Vignesh Radhakrishnan
A health staff collects nasal swab from a man for coronavirus test in Palakkad. File
India
‘Excess deaths’ in Kerala 1.6 times official COVID-19 toll
Srinivasan Ramani
The Shanthikavadam electric crematorium at Thycaud in Thiruvananthapuram.
Thiruvananthapuram
Coronavirus | Thiruvananthapuram bucks excess deaths trend
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A health worker collects swab sample in Bengaluru. File
India
Karnataka’s excess deaths nearly 6 times official COVID-19 toll
Srinivasan Ramani,Sharath S. Srivatsa
Ambulances wait at a crematorium in Chennai on May 13, 2021.
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Interpreting deaths in Chennai
Rukmini S
The crematorium in Chennai’s Perungudi area. File
Tamil Nadu
Excess deaths in Tamil Nadu over four times official COVID-19 tally
Srinivasan Ramani,Ramya Kannan
Relatives offer flowers and perform rituals at the grave of a person who died of COVID-19 at a crematorium on the outskirts of Hyderabad on May 23, 2021.
Hyderabad
Excess deaths in Hyderabad are 10 times the official COVID-19 toll for Telangana
Srinivasan Ramani,Vignesh Radhakrishnan
Healthcare workers transfer the body of a person who died of COVID-19 inside a hospital premises in Kolkata on May 12, 2021.
Kolkata
Kolkata’s COVID-19 deaths in 2021 could be 4 times higher
Srinivasan Ramani,Vignesh Radhakrishnan
Grim statistic: On Saturday, at least 16 bodies were cremated at the Velangadu crematorium.
Chennai
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