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New Delhi has hit out at the World Health Organization over its estimated pandemic-related death total for India – which put the numbers at 10 times the country’s official toll. The WHO estimated some 4.75 million deaths in India since 2020 could be attributed to the crisis, either directly from Covid-19 or indirectly through the pandemic’s wider impact on health systems and society. The figure, with an estimated range of 3.3 to 6.5 million, would ascribe almost one-third of the world’s pandemic-related deaths to India. The country officially reported 481,000 Covid-19 deaths for 2020-21. The WHO figures, termed as excess...
