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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Why the COVID-19 numbers matter -Jagdish Rattanani and T Jacob John

Why the COVID-19 numbers matter -Jagdish Rattanani and T Jacob John

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published Published on May 10, 2022   modified Modified on May 10, 2022

-The Hindu

Reporting every death with the accurate and verifiable cause of death is essential for public health

The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated the number of deaths in India directly or indirectly attributable to COVID-19 to be 4.74 million. This is the highest for any country and nine times the nation’s official count of 5,24,000 as of May 2022. The WHO numbers are derived through robust statistical methods that consider “excess” deaths during the pandemic period. The WHO has models that India has objected to.

The WHO numbers come as an embarrassment for the government, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed in Parliament on February 8, 2022 that “India’s efforts (in tackling the pandemic) are being appreciated around the world”. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has questioned the use of mathematical models when “authentic data” is available from India. As per this data, India’s total reported deaths from all causes in 2020 were 4,75,000 more than the previous year. Surprisingly, the year-on-year increase in deaths was higher in the years immediately preceding the pandemic — about 6,95,000 in 2019 over 2018, and 4,87,000 in 2018 over 2017, according to official data. 

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The Hindu, 10 May, 2022, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/why-the-covid-19-numbers-matter/article65398626.ece?homepage=true


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