India has dismissed a 'baseless' study that claimed its true Covid-19 death toll was 1.6million compared to the official figure of 310,000. But Narendra Modi's Covid chief said that while infections may be higher than the number being reported from testing, the deaths were not being under-counted. The true coronavirus death toll in India could be as many as 1.6 million compared to the official 310,000 fatalities reported, experts fear. The latest national seroprevalence study ended in January, before the current surge, and estimated roughly 26 infections per reported case. In this scenario, the estimated number of deaths in India is more than five times the official reported count - at around 1.6 million versus 310,000.

Source: Daily Mail May 27, 2021 14:10 UTC