More than 4.7 million people are believed to have died of Covid-19 in India, according to the latest WHO report World Health Organization (WHO). This is the highest figure in the world, 10 times the official number.
India has made strong exceptions to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) report that more than 4.7 million people in India have died from Covid-19. It is the highest number in the world, 10 times the official figure, and accounts for almost a third of Covid deaths worldwide, according to the report. However, India has strongly opposed the WHO’s use of mathematical models to project estimates of coronavirus-related excess mortality, saying authentic data is available. The
WHO report also mentions that the global figure was 15 million, more than double the official figure of 6 million. Following WHO estimates on excess mortality for Covid, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr. Balram Bhargava said the country has a systemic pool of data and has no need to rely on “models, extrapolations and press reports” to determine Covid-related deaths.
Speaking to ANI, Dr. Bhargava: “When we had Covid deaths, we had no definition of death. Even the WHO didn’t have one. If someone tests positive today and dies after two weeks, will that be the death of Covid? Or he dies after two months or six months – will it be the death of Covid?
“For this definition, we looked at all the data and concluded that 95% of deaths after testing positive for Covid-19 occurred within the first 4 weeks. So a 30-day limit was set for the definition of death,” he explained. Doctor Bhargava emphasized systemic data rather than modeling exercises to identify Covid deaths. “We have such large amounts of data. We have data on over 97-98% of the 1.3 billion people vaccinated with the first dose and almost 190 million doses of vaccine have been used. So everything is systematically collected. Once we have this systematic data, we don’t need to rely on models, extrapolations and news articles and use them for modelling,” stressed DG ICMR.
According to GDP, a government statement reads: “India has consistently opposed the methodology adopted by the WHO to project excess mortality estimates based on mathematical models. Despite India’s objections to the process, methodology and results of this modeling, the WHO published the excess mortality estimates without adequately addressing India’s concerns.
The statement also said: “India has highlighted the inconsistencies in the criteria and assumptions used by the WHO to classify countries into Tier I and II and the very basis of India’s classification in countries Tier II respondents (to whom a mathematical model estimate applies India had also highlighted the fact that India does not deserve to be ranked as a Tier II country given the accuracy of mortality data collected through an effective and robust statutory system WHO has so far not responded to India’s assertion.
adding: WHO’s own admission that data for ten – seven Indian states were taken from certain websites and media reports and used in their mathematical model of mortality projections in the case of India.
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