Adjusting Reported COVID-19 Deaths for the Prevailing Routine Death Surveillance in India

• Main Authors: Hemant Deepak Shewade (Author), Giridara Gopal Parameswaran (Author), Archisman Mazumder (Author), Mohak Gupta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In India, the "low mortality" narrative based on the reported COVID-19 deaths may be causing more harm than benefit. The extent to which COVID-19 deaths get reported depends on the coverage of routine death surveillance [death registration along with medical certification of cause of death...