India needs to revise COVID-19 response strategy, flag experts

Let-ups in vaccination campaigns, COVID-19 protocol implementation observed

In most countries, excess deaths due to COVID-19 greater than leading causes of death: World Bank analyst

Pandemic hit countries even with a younger population where a milder impact was earlier assumed

India lost nearly 5 million people to COVID-19, says WHO; that is 10 times the official figure

Some 14.9 million people died due to COVID-19 globally; that is three times the number reported

COVID-19: India’s erratic CFR makes it difficult to calculate toll over 2 years. Experts suggest alternatives

No agreement on exact number of deaths, even though it is certain that India’s CFR is one of the highest in the world

Excess COVID-19 deaths: India’s statement on WHO calculation model ‘inaccurate’, say experts

Global predictive model not used for India, WHO expert says dismissing claims by health ministry

Greater trust in government, people could have reduced COVID-19 caseload, fatality rate: Study

Less corrupt government resulted in more widespread, efficient COVID-19 vaccine coverage in some countries

Kerala, COVID-19 management exemplar? Data on additional deaths forces rethink

Kerala government may have suppressed data regarding true number of deaths in 2021 for political reasons, say experts

2021 saw over twice as many COVID-19 cases as 2020, December worst month on record

2021 saw 1.8 times more COVID-19 deaths than 2020 

India’s COVID-19 deaths higher than that reported by the government, indicate sample surveys

India’s cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 6-7 times higher than reported officially, says analysis

COVID-19: Is India testing enough? Here’s what data says

India’s daily testing has dropped dramatically since September

Weekly COVID-19 deaths on the rise in several European, African countries

The spike in weekly deaths is significantly large in smaller European countries, according to Worldometer 

COVID-19: Life expectancy losses in western Europe comparable to WWII

Life expectancy reduced by over 1 year in 11 countries for men and 8 for women  

Every hour, 21 people evicted from their homes in India amid pandemic: Report

Over 13,000 people were evicted during the peak of the 2nd COVID-19 wave  

Smoke from wildfires may have added over 700 COVID-19 deaths to US toll

More than 19,742 COVID-19 cases are associated with spike in PM 2.5 levels due to wildfires 

Data on COVID-19 deaths in ‘model’ Gujarat may be a vast undercount: Report

There were 16,892 more deaths in 68 of Gujarat’s 170 municipalities between March 2020 and April 2021, the Reporters’ Collective found

Urgently need $7.7 billion to save lives from Delta, emerging COVID-19 variants: WHO

Huge gap in ACT-Acceletor funding needed to deliver crucial medical supplies across the world to combat COVID-19

How optimism bias hampers COVID-19 fight

When individuals expect others to be victims of misfortune but not themselves, they exhibit optimism bias. It causes one to behave irresponsibly

Proposed O2 plants in Bihar: 123; installed: 1

The state government had set an August-end deadline for setting up the oxygen generation plants 

COVID-19: India may see 1.25 million excess deaths by November 1, says IHME

Daily rate of excess deaths due to COVID-19 was greater than 4 per million in Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya and Sikkim, the report …

Record single-day COVID-19 deaths in Odisha

The state’s COVID-19 toll rose to 5,241

Latest data from Lusaka morgue analysis shows spike in COVID-19 deaths

Up to June 2021, SARS-CoV-2 was detetcted in roughly 25% of deaths in Zambia capital, Lusaka

Global COVID-19 death toll crosses 4 million

The total COVID-19 death toll is equivalent to number of people killed in all of world’s wars since 1982

COVID-19 in Africa: Real toll may be thrice the official figure

The average excess deaths increased to 1,200 per day June 21-27, 2021 from 910 the previous week  

COVID-19 deaths in Africa jump 42% in a week

Infections rose 34% too; Southern Africa remains hotspot

Few takers for Bihar’s revised COVID-19 death toll

Most experts say the government did not count deaths of people at homes, in ambulances, private hospitals and rural areas