Her death notice was one of more than 240 spread across seven pages in a local newspaper in the western Indian city of Rajkot one day in late April — a fourfold increase from early this year. Yet the rising tide of pandemic deaths — evident not only in obituaries but also at the city’s crowded crematoriums — was not reflected in the official data. According to the authorities, the number of deaths from covid-19 in the city and its surrounding district on that day was 12.

Source: Washington Post May 06, 2021 15:30 UTC