Adjusting Reported COVID-19 Deaths for the Prevailing Routine Death Surveillance in India
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 (MCCD)] a...
Main Authors: | Hemant Deepak Shewade, Giridara Gopal Parameswaran, Archisman Mazumder, Mohak Gupta |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.641991/full |
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