India’s Ministry of Health noted that the mortality rate in India from Covid is only 2.3%.
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India claims about 118 deaths per million inhabitants and claim this is because it has a relatively young demographic.
average age is about 29 years
, low obesity rates, Covid came much later than in other countries, and possibly exposure to pathogens that cause coughs and colds created an immunity.
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However, a national survey based on blood samples showed that, as of December 2020, about 22% of Indians had been exposed to Covid-19, more than 30 times the official figure.
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When 3 Covid mutations occurred, in the capital New Delhi, a Covid-infected patient died every 4 minutes.
There were 2,000 deaths/day across the country.
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The real number of deaths from COVID-19 was tens of times higher than official data and could be about 5 million, according to The Center for Global Development.
Two million people could have died during the first wave of Covid.
Considering “excess” deaths during this period, the total could be 3.5 million.
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The reasons behind this is when official incidences dropped below 10,000, precautionary measures stopped and testing decreased.
Mass events, such as religious festivals and political rallies, were allowed in India,.
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Taking into consideration an acute shortage of ICU beds and oxygen.
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At the beginning, only one out of 30 cases of infection was detected through testing.
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Many were dying at home, or outside of hospitals, and were not counted.
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At one point, Indian medical experts registered 18,762,976 cases of COVID-19 and 2,08,330 people have died.
The real rates of COVID-19 infection and mortality were actually 5-10 times higher.
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Numbers tended to go up when Indian states revised their statistics.
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Q: What did the Indian Ministry of Health claim about Covid?
A: The mortality rate in India from Covid was only 2.3%. [504c83c5-a821-4486-995b-3c0bb9a7f420]

Q: Why was the mortality rate supposedly so low in India?
A: because India has a relatively young demographic (average age is about 29 years), low obesity rates, Covid came much later than in other countries, and possibly exposure to pathogens that cause coughs and colds created an immunity. [0abec05c-8384-4f1a-bd77-f5e00bfed343]

Q: What did a national blood survey show?
A: About 22% of Indians had been exposed to Covid-19, more than 30 times the official figure. [0abec05c-8384-4f1a-bd77-f5e00bfed343]

Q: What happened when 3 Covid mutations occurred?
A: In New Delhi, a Covid-infected patient died every 4 minutes. There were 2,000 deaths/day across the country. [1129a25c-2e90-4bc0-9820-cad4d8b04f34]

Q: What did the Center for Global Development claim about Indian mortality rate?
A: The real number of deaths from COVID-19 was tens of times higher than official data and could be about 5 million. [bc44abc9-bf8f-4d98-baf3-85fb6cfc70b6]A: Two million people could have died during the first wave of Covid. [bc44abc9-bf8f-4d98-baf3-85fb6cfc70b6]

Q: What about the excess mortality rate?
A: The total could be 3.5 million during the first wave of Covid. [bc44abc9-bf8f-4d98-baf3-85fb6cfc70b6]

Q: What could be the explanation of the increase in death rates?
A: when official incidences dropped below 10,000, precautionary measures stopped and testing decreased. [8e097e55-a9c8-41b5-8117-750dba725361]A: Mass events, such as religious festivals and political rallies, were allowed in India, [8e097e55-a9c8-41b5-8117-750dba725361, 9a625504-e804-4811-a41b-12cca12e4660]

Q: What was India lacking to cope with Covid outbreaks?
A: an acute shortage of ICU beds and oxygen [8e097e55-a9c8-41b5-8117-750dba725361, 9a625504-e804-4811-a41b-12cca12e4660, 1129a25c-2e90-4bc0-9820-cad4d8b04f34, 016ea5d9-0104-4a82-8f91-12a0888d9cb3]A: supply interruptions [d1c53ace-fec7-4e61-a9e5-602c3068eb47]A: poor infrastructure and testing [5049d2e7-e4d7-470b-9685-2f56c0481ec9]

Q: How much higher could the Covid mortality rate be?
A: 30 times greater. [5049d2e7-e4d7-470b-9685-2f56c0481ec9, 0abec05c-8384-4f1a-bd77-f5e00bfed343, 839b5e43-2bce-49d8-b2a1-9625046f312b]

Q: Why doesn’t India have good statistics of the Covid death rate?
A: At the beginning, only 1 out of 30 cases of infection was detected through testing. [5049d2e7-e4d7-470b-9685-2f56c0481ec9]A: Many were dying at home, or outside of hospitals, and were not counted [8e097e55-a9c8-41b5-8117-750dba725361]

Q: What are some statistics of the Indian Covid infection and death rate?
A: At one point, Indian medical experts registered 18,762,976 cases of COVID-19 and 2,08,330 people have died. [d1c53ace-fec7-4e61-a9e5-602c3068eb47]

Q: What is believed about these numbers?
A: The real rates of COVID-19 infection and mortality were actually 5-10 times higher. [d1c53ace-fec7-4e61-a9e5-602c3068eb47]A: Numbers tended to go up when Indian states revised their statistics [2fedcdc0-8fbf-4916-bdf7-67320533d074]