Covid-19: Mortality rates drop sharply in India

Saturday, 25 April 2020Newsdesk

Amid the coronavirus crisis parts of India have recorded dramatic falls in the number of deaths at a time when funeral parlours were bracing for a surge.

New Delhi, 25 April 2020

As per news report of Reuters, some experts said the trend suggested that deaths from COVID-19, which are recorded separately and generally announced before overall mortality data, were not being under-reported as has happened in other countries.

But emergency room doctors, officials, and crematoriums noted that strict lockdowns had cut the number of road traffic accidents and deaths on India’s packed railways, and may also be deterring relatives from reporting a family death.

Source -Reuters