Covid in 2020 as per the report on Medical Certification of Cause of Death, the virus killed 1,14,217 men (9.8%) and 46,401 women (7.1%), respectively.
Further, the data highlighted that Maharashtra recorded the highest percentage of medically certified covid deaths with 17.7%, followed by Manipur (15.7%), Uttar Pradesh (15.0%), Himachal Pradesh (13.5%), Uttarakhand (12.8%), Andhra Pradesh (12.0%), Punjab (11.9%) and Delhi (10.8%).
On the other hand, no medically certified death has been registered under this group in Arunachal Pradesh and Lakshadweep during the year 2020.
However, the data on Covid deaths in 2020 is higher than the officially declared by the Union Ministry of Health (1,48,994).