India's true Covid death toll could top 1million before the end of the month after doubling in six weeks, researchers in the US have predicted. The estimated true Covid death toll is the larger yellow line in the middle, and estimates of how the true toll will increase in the coming months is shown by the dotted green lineAnother model, developed by the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, estimates that the official toll could be above 400,000 by early June. It means India could end up with the world's highest Covid death toll, even if excess mortality isn't taken into account. India officially reported 414,188 new cases of virus today, another one-day record which takes its overall toll to 21,491,598. She said different states have different needs, and local particularities need to be taken into account for any policy to work.

Source: The Nation May 07, 2021 08:37 UTC