: Excess deaths in Himachal nearly two times the official Covid toll between April 2020 and May 2021 #IndiaNEWS Himachal Pradesh reported 6,081 excess deaths between April 2020 and May 2021, reported

Excess deaths in Himachal nearly two times the official Covid toll between April 2020 and May 2021 #IndiaNEWS
Himachal Pradesh reported 6,081 excess deaths between April 2020 and May 2021, reported The Hindu on Wednesday, citing figures from the state civil registration system. This is 1.9 times more than the official reported toll of 3,127 during the same time period.The newspaper analysed month-wise data from the Civil Registration System between January 2018 and May 2021 to get this data. The Civil Registration System is a nationwide system of recording all births and deaths, led by the Office of the Registrar General of India and implemented at the state-level by state governments. The CRS is meant to record all deaths from all causes and all locations, whether they were medically certified or not.Excess deaths is the divergence between all-cause deaths reported this year and in normal years. While all excess deaths are not likely to be due to Covid-19, a majority of them are expected to be linked to the coronavirus disease during the pandemic. The diversion of healthcare resources for people with Covid-19 meant that many patients with other ailments may have failed to access treatment.In 2021, Himachal Pradesh recorded an estimated 3,543 more deaths than the official tally of 2,025 deaths from January to May 2021, according to The Hindu.Between April 2020 and...Read more

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