pandemic that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in its deadly second wave, severely affecting families, especially their economic condition, several experts said.
This would also help end speculation about the actual toll, the experts said.So far, efforts to harness mortality data have been plagued with opacity and delays by municipal bodies, according to the experts.
Only three of India’s 53 million-plus cities have issued data on all deaths registered in 2020.While local bodies already possess such data, it is mostly available only through India’s Civil Registration System (CRS), whose report is released with a lag of two years.