As India’s virus cases rise, so do questions over death toll – KOB

Such exclusions could explain why India, which has recorded more than 5.1 million infections – second only to the United States – has a death toll of about 83,000 in a country of 1.3 billion people.
India’s Health Ministry has cited this as evidence of its success in fighting the pandemic and a basis for relaxing restrictions and reopening the economy after Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a strict lockdown of the entire population earlier this year.
But experts say the numbers are mislead…

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