“Honestly, if we have over a half million deaths, I’m surprised India doesn’t have a million.”
People on the ground are saying it’s in the million or more. The govt is only counting people in the larger cities not the countryside. One reporter said the govt said 28 people died in their town one day but he personally saw over 200 dead bodies removed from a covid only hospital in one day.
India will not be able to keep their true numbers secret like china.
I don't know who is more unreliable, Government bureaucrats or reporters.
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“But the figure is believed to be much higher since suspected cases are not included and many COVID-19 deaths are being attributed to underlying conditions.”
Only about 10% of the people in India have been vaccinated (141,911,223 as of yesterday), partly due to supply shortages and also to do with ignorance and fear in regards to the vaccine.